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LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... risks associated with inadequate preparation," ASIC, APRA and the RBA said in a joint statement. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour added: "Firms should, as soon as practicable, stop the sale and issuance of LIBOR-referenced contracts that expire after ...

ASIC increases short selling surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... there is high risk that possessing such information could breach insider trading prohibitions. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said investors expect to transact in a fair and informed market. "When activist short sellers provide accurate and meaningful ...

Forex CT cops $20 million fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... the law and their client obligations, ASIC will take action and the consequences can be severe," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. ASIC first initiated civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Forex CT and Yoshai in July 2020 and later banned ...

ASIC cracks down on binary options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... characteristics make them incompatible with investment or risk management use by retail clients," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. "ASIC's product intervention order will protect retail investors from these harmful products at a time of heightened ...

Another glitch for the ASX

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... available, we are examining why far more trading did not occur on Chi-X on the day of the outage," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said.

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... supervision and review of audits, and accountability of partners and others for audit quality," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. Auditors' weakest point, she said, was in the areas of asset valuations, particularly impairment of non-financial assets ...

ASIC to review impact of ASX outage

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... available, we are examining why far more trading did not occur on Chi-X on the day of the outage," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. "ASIC expects participants to review their arrangements for dealing with market outages and disruptions and make ...

Responsible entity fined $2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... down his judgment that the circumstances involved catastrophic losses sustained by investors. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said: "The Federal Court outcome sends an important deterrent message to other responsible entities, as well as to those entrusted ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... minister and say that in order to gain greater confidence that appropriate action was taken." ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said the regulator accepts the failings while Peterson went on to say ASIC's leadership structure is a "total mess". However ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... price, the buyer makes a profit. If the trade price decreases, the seller then makes the profit. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said the leverage ratio limits aim to decrease the size and speed of retail clients' losses by reducing CFD exposure ...