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QMV Legal folds, managing partner to launch new firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
Novigi will wind up QMV Legal as its managing partner Jonathan Steffanoni embarks on launching a new specialist superannuation law firm. QMV Legal will fold on April 26, shortly after Novigi acquired the QMV Solutions business on February 1. "Novigi ...

ASIC bans director who promised 150% returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... judgement. In addition to the false fact sheet, Creigh is also alleged to have provided false evidence during an ASIC investigation, told investors not to cooperation with ASIC's investigation and created a fictious head of client services to communicate ...

Super SA names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... Business Services within the Attorney General's department. Soulio has also previously served as a senior manager, investigation and insolvency at ASIC, worked for the Australian Customs Service, and was a solicitor at MinterEllison. "He is a highly ...

ASIC ends legal battle: Provide Capital's appeal quashed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... regulator's legal costs. ASIC had previously served a notice on Provide Capital to produce documents as part of an ongoing investigation, which the company failed to do. According to Section 33 of the ASIC Act, the regulator is authorised to require ...

Mayfair 101 regains control of assets, liquidators abandon claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... the detriment of 181 innocent Australian investors," Mayfair 101 said. He added that it proves ASIC's ongoing investigation into him and Mayfair 101 should be discontinued. He also reiterated earlier calls for a parliamentary inquiry into ASIC. "The ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... on the subject which was released in 2018. In compiling the report, it undertook about six months' worth of investigation. The committee found very little has changed since the first report, adding that most of the barriers to women's success ...

ASX settles $1.05m fine for transparency failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
ASX has settled a $1.05 million penalty after an ASIC investigation found it failed to meet pre-trade transparency rules on 8417 occasions from April 2019 to December 2022. The rules mandate that ASX disclosure specific order details on its trading ...

ASIC takes further action on Prospero

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... responsible managers of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer Prospero are embroiled in Australian Federal Police's investigation into seven syndicate members who allegedly laundered nearly $229 million known as "Operation Avarus-Nightwolf". The ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
The corporate regulator says it has shut down about 3500 investment scam websites since July 2023 to protect Australians from digitally enabled misconduct. According to ASIC's latest enforcement and regulatory update, it has secured almost $60 million ...

Former Blockchain Global director confined to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... left Australia, leaving Guo as the only key figure remaining. ASIC deems interviewing Guo critical to furthering an investigation into a potential violation of the Corporations Act, potentially resulting in evidence being submitted to the Commonwealth ...