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ASIC gets active against small companies

Financial services watchdog ASIC has ramped up regulatory actions against people misleading creditors and consumers. ASIC has announced that it has successfully prosecuted 109 company officers and imposed more than $221,000 in fines and costs in the ...

Fincorp returns $21m to investors

Financial services watchdog ASIC has required finance company Fincorp to return up to $21 million plus interest to more than 1,000 investors of its 2004 prospectus, due to misleading and omitted information in the document. The Supreme Court of NSW ...

Watchdogs to recruit trustees for data collection

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has written to superannuation trustees to enlist their assistance in collecting fees and charges data which will in turn be published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2005
... Tinto, Promina, MYOB and Tap Oil all front shareholders while Incitec-Pivot reveals first half earnings and competition watchdog chairman Graeme Samuel speaks in Melbourne.

Fincorp feels ASIC's displeasure

Financial watchdog ASIC has filed proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court against the heavily publicized Fincorp Investments. ASIC is alleging that Fincorp offered securities under a replacement prospectus, which contained misleading or deceptive statements ...

ACCC plans to revise merger process to increase transparency

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2004
... the changes would embrace world's best practice and ensure the process remained timely and efficient. The competition watchdog is proposing to release statements of issues surrounding a proposed merger, expected time frames to its decision and competition ...

ASIC begins investigation into James Hardie

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2004
Australia's corporate watchdog has begun an investigation into possible breaches of the law by James Hardie Industries. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's investigation comes one day after the findings of a six-month inquiry into ...

Telstra top executives to be grilled by ACCC: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
... is only used when the ACCC has been frustrated in its search for evidence against big companies, allows the corporate watchdog to interview company executives, with the conversations being legally binding, the newspaper reported.

FSA eases proposals for UK's with-profits funds

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2004
Britain\'s financial watchdog on Thursday relaxed tough proposals on life insurers\' obligations to holders of with-profits policies who have seen bonus payments slashed in recent years. The Financial Services Authority is forcing insurers to publish ...

UK launches probe into Citigroup bond trading

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2004
Britain\'s financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had launched a probe into unusual trading by U.S. financial services giant Citigroup in European government bond and derivative markets earlier this month. The enquiry centres around Citigroup\'s sale ...