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ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland has admitted the regulator can't fight every battle of misconduct, but that doesn't mean it's not watching. Speaking at the Blockchain APAC Policy Week event, Kirkland ...

ASIC ends legal battle: Provide Capital's appeal quashed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... 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 the production of documents from a person or a company. If a person fails to comply ...

ATO refers SMSF auditors to ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Fifteen self-managed super fund (SMSF) auditors have been reprimanded for performing in-house audits. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) referred 15 SMSF auditors to ASIC following a review of files from audit firms. ASIC said it had concerns that ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... seek to exploit perceived gaps," has previously said. Holding Redlich special counsel Sarah Butler says that under the ASIC Act 2001, a corporation must not, in trade or commerce, engage in conduct concerning financial services that's misleading or deceptive. ...

OnePath cops $5m fine over fees for no service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... right to continue charging fees and failed to provide services to members efficiently. This led to a violation of the ASIC Act in connection with fees for no service misconduct. Agreed facts state that between December 2015 and November 2021, OnePath ...

AAT overturns ASIC ban on investment guru

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... "ASIC's actions are informed by the objectives of the legislative regimes it administers, and by the objects of the ASIC Act itself. I am informed by the same matters. I do not see how a banning order made under the Corporations Act or the NCCP Act ...

Provide Capital ordered to produce documents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... watchdog's surveillance in March last year, after concerns were raised that it breached both the Corporations Act 2001 and the ASIC Act. Court documents state that the alleged breach was connected to Provide's offering of investment opportunities ...

ASX profits hit by CHESS setbacks, acts on review findings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... program. The probe is examining whether ASX and its subsidiaries, along with its directors and officers, violated the ASIC Act 2001 and Corporations Act 2001. ASIC is focusing on the oversight of the program and the accuracy of statements and disclosures ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... provide benefits. The life insurer was penalised by the Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the Insurance Contracts Act between November 2015 and October 2018.

ASIC acts against illegal investment scheme operator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
ASIC is suing the operator of several unregistered managed investment schemes that, among other investors, targeted SMSF members. Sasha Hopkins, director of The A Team Property Group, is facing civil action for alleged unlicensed conduct and running ...