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ASIC proposes five-year extension to DDO

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... operation of the instrument to retain certainty for industry ahead of potential law reform. ASIC assessed that the ASIC Corporations (Design and Distribution Obligations Interim Measures) 2021/784 instrument is operating effectively and efficiently and ...

FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... Subsequently, the adviser was given a written reprimand in breaching sections 961B(1), 961G, 961J(1) and 921E(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to personal advice provided to retail clients between January 2022 and March 2022. Looking closely ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... life insurer was penalised by the Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the Insurance Contracts Act between November 2015 and October 2018.

Treasury consults again on FFSP exemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... (Measures for Future Bills) Bill 2023: Licensing Exemptions for Foreign Financial Services Providers, amending the Corporations Act to better facilitate cross-border financial services while ensuring regulatory oversight. Within the Bill, the government ...

ASX appoints former ASIC chair to lead advisory group

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... which looked to investigate if the exchange and its directors' breached obligations under several sections of the Corporations Act. ASIC further clamped down with demands the ASX produce two special reports to make sure that the exchange rectifies ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... cyber-attacks," Kallenbach says. This is driven, in part, by layers of cyber-related regulation, including the Privacy Act, the Corporations Act, and the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act. Moreover, with the recent large scale data breaches in ...

ASIC acts against illegal investment scheme operator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... five of the investment schemes and all associated companies and trusts. It also wants Hopkins banned from managing corporations. The regulator already had Hopkins' assets frozen in June 2022, as well as those of The A Team Property Group and Sash ...

ASIC permanently bans David Sutton

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... ASIC has permanently banned David Sutton from providing any financial services and disqualified him from managing corporations for five years. The regulator also cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of McFaddens Securities, now ...

ASX provides clarity on CHESS replacement

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
Responding to suggestions made at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (Committee) on Corporations and Financial Services, the ASX has confirmed no decisions have been made in relation to the CHESS replacement. In a letter to Committee chair Senator Deborah ...

FSCP hands down second order, audits adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... enquired about or considered the client's needs and objectives, the FSCP said. Consequently, several sections of the Corporations Act 2001 Mr. M breached include not acting in the best interests of the client and providing advice that was not appropriate. ...