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Unsolicited offers by Ross Investments subjected to compliance checks

... Investments. "This action demonstrates ASIC's commitment to ensuring unsolicited offers to purchase securities off market comply with law," says ASIC deputy executive director enforcement Allen Turton. The move follows an investigation by the regulator ...

New guidelines on conflicts for AFS applicants

... its licensing regime with updates to its licensing guides. The conflicts management obligations are part of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) (CLERP 9) legislation and have been reflected in the new versions ...

BT assists in choice of fund administration

... after employers expressed concern over the magnitude of administering the Choice of Fund legislative change. Under the new law from 1 July 2005 onwards employees will be able to nominate the superannuation fund where their contributions will be invested. ...

Another casualty in Tasmanian solicitor schemes

... and one count of dishonestly acquiring a financial advantage. He was involved in solicitor's mortgages schemes run by Hobart law firms law firms Lewis Driscoll & Bull and McCulloch & McCulloch which were liquidated in 2002. Dodge was charged with a total ...

Senate passes changes to super payments reporting

... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has claimed in a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee that the new law was contrary to the Governments claims that it would assist employees in ensuring employees were paying superannuation ...

Rivkin board control saga drags on

The wrangling over the control of the board of Rivkin Financial Services (RFS) will continue with its third largest shareholder, Network, also calling for a general meeting to oust the current directors. The move follows from that of Pinnacle Asset ...

Wake up call for looming dollar disclosure requirements

... statements released after 1 January 2005 need to ensure they comply with incoming provisions. Ebsworth & Ebworth's recent law bulletin has outlined the importance of preparing for the impact on fee disclosure from ASIC's 'Batch 8' regulations released ...

ASIC bans accountant for good

ASIC has banned Ramon Osborne from providing financial services permanently because he is insolvent under administration and the regulatory authority had serious concerns over his ability to comply with financial service laws in the future. Osborne ...

Five-year ban for portfolio manager

ASIC has given Raydn Nolan a five-year ban from the financial services industry after finding he operated a discretionary portfolio management business without holding an appropriate licence. Nolan ran the business between October 1993 and May 2002 ...

Annuities come under divorce settlements

Annuities will become subject to divorce settlements after the Senate passed an amendment to the Family Law Act today. The new legislation, Family Law Amendment (Annuities) Bill 2004, will move annuities into settlements for the first time for couples ...