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Former Big Un chief charged with insider trading

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... known as Richard Simon Evertz, was represented by his lawyer in the Downing Centre Local Court yesterday. The corporate watchdog alleges that roughly around 10 January 2017, Evans made the offence and communicated the information to a shareholder. It ...

Advisers put on notice: HLB Mann Judd

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... opportunity for many new entrants as it can set them up with building and structuring tax advice overtime." In 2014, the watchdog allowed a "one-off" pardon enabling eligible taxpayers to disclose omitted offshore income, capital gains and over-claimed ...

More DASS complainants flock to AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... has grown by about 100 to 1700 as of 1 February 2023, according to AFCA's latest figures. Last August, corporate watchdog ASIC urged former DASS clients who potentially suffered bad advice to lodge a formal complaint with AFCA, which subsequently ...

CareSuper appoints head of equities

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... investment manager, Wong held positions at ABN Amro and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Earlier, he worked at the corporate watchdog for five years as a senior analyst. CareSuper chief investment officer Suzanne Branton commented: ''We are delighted ...

ACCC blitzes social media influencers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... is investigating social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. The consumer watchdog is also considering the involvement of advertisers, markers, brands, and social media platforms in facilitating misconduct. ...

Former planner pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... director. The companies included: Thrive Lending Pty Ltd, Trade BTC Pty Ltd, and Beta Pharmacology Pty Ltd. The corporate watchdog found on seven more occasions during November 2015, Grimm dishonestly transferred shares and convertible notes owned by ...

Bloomberg pays US$5m in SEC charges

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... Service (BVAL), which provides daily price valuations for fixed income securities to financial services entities. The US watchdog found that roughly between 2016 to October 2022, Bloomberg failed to disclose to its BVAL customers that the valuations ...

Ethical ETF popularity soars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... with an eye to enforcement action. "ASIC's information guide and the ACCC speech basically concluded that the consumer watchdog is going to treat incorrect claims of green credentials as misleading and false advertising," Liddell said. "It comes back ...

Spirit Super consortium withdraws from port acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... outlining its preliminary concerns with the proposed acquisition of the Port of Geelong by the Consortium. The corporate watchdog was concerned the acquisition may substantially lessen competition in Victoria for the supply of port services for long-term ...

ASIC capability review released

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... work with the FRAA on the development of indicators and metrics of effectiveness and capability, it said. The corporate watchdog pointed to its corporate plan which provides more information on the initiatives. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/asic-highlights-strategic-priorities-179796432?q=ASIC ...