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Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... qualifications on their disclosures to limit any potential liability, creating confusion in the market." The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) "will play an important role in this transitional period, to ensure best practice reporting ...

ANZ breached disclosure laws in 2015 raise: Court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... $790 million shortfall when raising $2.5 billion from institutional investors. The finding follows the failure of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's criminal case against ANZ and its underwriters last year. Federal Court Justice Moshinsky ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... offerings. A spokesperson for ASIC confirmed to FS Sustainability that Bloomberg and MSCI do not hold any relevant Australian Financial Services Licences. But the market regulator issued a warning. "ASIC is actively considering the conduct and obligations ...

Monochrome files for first Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... ETF is the first and only crypto-asset ETF application filed under this new framework, which once listed, will give Australian investors access to this asset class with the appropriate financial services protections," Yew said. Meanwhile, in the US ...

CSLR finally passes senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... credit intermediation, securities dealing and/or credit. It enables consumers who have an unpaid determination from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority to be compensated up to $150,000. Consumers will be able to lodge claims for compensation ...

All financial advice should be tax deductible: FPA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... It proposed the CSLR apply to personal advice, relevant financial products, retail clients, credit intermediation, securities dealing, credit provision, and insurance product distribution. "To remedy this, we believe the government should amend the proposed ...

ASIC issues warning over brokers' high-risk offers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... action where we see unfair or inappropriate offers of securities lending arrangements to retail clients," Press said. "Australian financial services licensees may be liable for substantial civil penalties if they do not do all things necessary to ensure ...

ASIC capability review released

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... opportunities to enhance performance. The FRAA released its report, Effectiveness and Capability Review of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and assessed the regulator's effectiveness and capability across strategic prioritisation ...

3iQ introduces inaugural Australian products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
3iQ Digital Asset Management has chosen Cboe Australia to launch its inaugural Australian products. From today, the fund manager will offer Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs to Australian investors on the Cboe Australia exchange. The funds are designed to provide ...

Superhero board signs former ASIC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... Law School's Program on International Financial Systems. He has also previously led the Hong Kong regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission. He has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles across financial markets, regulation, law ...