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ASIC cancels Everest Asset Management's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
ASIC has canned the AFS Licence (AFSL) of the asset management firm linked to a massive money-laundering operations. Everest Asset Management, which was licensed to service wholesale clients, will no longer be operational. ASIC said it revoked the AFSL ...

ASIC cracks down on Prospero for reporting failures

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... trading platform, which services mainly Chinese-speaking clients, failed to lodge its annual financial statement and audit report for last financial year. Prospero's licence suspension means it cannot provide financial services until at least February ...

Future Fund exposed to dangerous Chinese investments: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... breaching money laundering laws, and penalised for not reporting hazardous products and violating US sanctions. The audit report listed companies such as Aluminium Corporation of China, and Baoshan Iron and Steel, which have been implicated by US authorities ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
A new class action led by victims of Melissa Caddick alleges that auditors of their self-managed superannuation funds failed their jobs to detect fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman ...

ASIC revokes Centurion subsidiary licence, suspends fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Centurion Custodian Funds Management and suspended Huntley Management for non-compliance. The AFS licence of Centurion Custodian Funds Management, a subsidiary of Centurion, has been cancelled effective from January 18. ...

ASIC suspends, cancels AFSLs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
The corporate regulator suspended Quantum Funds Management Limited (QFML)'s AFSL and cancelled that of AFSL Group. The suspension of QFML follows the ban of its managing director Peter Gribble for failing to pay $2.5 million in Australian Financial ...

Global Merces MD cops ASIC ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The corporate regulator has banned Holly Grofski, the managing director of Global Merces Funds Management, from working in financial services for six months. ASIC's banning order is in addition to the criminal charges Grofski is facing, which alleges ...

Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... provided for licensees that want to use the solution for the group. Looking to the future, Asendium will add on an audit report, enhanced questions, integrated data feed and a client portal.

New internal audit guide for finance sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
A new best-practice guide for the boards and internal auditors of superannuation funds, banks and financial service providers has been released. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has released The Better Practice Guide, which was developed with ...

ASIC cancels two AFSLs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
ASIC has cancelled the AFSLs of two financial services providers, one from Victoria and the other from Western Australia. Victorian financial services provider Jels Financial Group has had its license cancelled by the regulator for failing to demonstrate ...