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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... results. And, the matter of Wright Prospecting seeking access to partnership records from Hancock Prospecting is in the civil court. In Australia, the market on Friday rallied to a six-week year high due to Rio Tinto's massive shareholder returns, rising ...

ASIC report highlights insufficient penalties

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) latest enforcement report. ASIC quotes the record $1.2 million civil penalty imposed on Newcrest Mining for contravening its disclosure obligations. However, it quotes Justice Middleton's remarks ...

ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... integrity and to avoid cheating," Medcraft said. He compared the proposal to the examination that pilots need to take under the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). "Pilots sit an exam set by CASA to test their skills and knowledge acquired from both ...

ASIC begins legal action against LM Investment Management

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... regulator is seeking financial penalties and banning orders following the collapse of the Gold Coast-based fund manager. The civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia are against Drake, Francene Maree Mulder, Eghard van der Hoven, Simon ...

ASIC pays commissioners $2.9m in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... instances of potentially misleading or deceptive promotional material. It undertook of 125 investigations and 54 criminal and civil litigation and administrative actions, including 17 criminal proceedings with six imprisonments secured. It secured $2.7 ...

US insurance agency fined US$200,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... US$48 million in financial relief to consumers harmed by illegal billing practices in addition to imposing a US$5 million civil penalty payable to the CFPB and a US$4 million penalty to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). In its latest ...

Time to get shorty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

PROFILE: ME Bank CEO Jamie McPhee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
Adelaide boy Jamie McPhee never worked a day in the profession for which he trained: civil engineering. Instead, on leaving university he headed straight to England to pursue a cricketing career in the Birmingham League. The highlight of his cricketing ...

Mariner chairman resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... Austock Group Limited (Austock). ASIC said it was seeking financial penalties and disqualification orders, stating: "ASIC's civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia are against Mariner, its chief executive and managing director Darren ...

ASIC to renew focus on misleading advertising

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... report. The regulator has achieved 256 enforcement outcomes in the six months to June 30, 2014. The figure includes criminal, civil and administrative actions, as well as negotiated outcomes, including enforceable undertakings. "Advertising is often ...