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ASIC consults on advice code monitoring bodies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... and Ethics Authority (FASEA) will be enforced by ASIC-approved compliance schemes. ASIC has proposed that the Corporations Act be reformed to require AFS licensees and authorised representatives to provide information to all code monitoring bodies to ...

AMP hit with another proposed class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... ASX amounts to misleading and deceptive conduct and a breach of its continuous disclosure obligations under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the ASX Listing Rules." Two shareholder class actions have already been established in the courts, by Phi ...

Keybridge outraged at latest Molopo transaction

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... Molopo are compounded by the fact that this has occurred in flagrant disregard for the ASX listing rules and the Corporations Act by which the Molopo board is bound," Keybridge told Molopo shareholders. Keybridge said Molopo's board has engaged in conduct ...

Adviser disciplinary regime has holes: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... operates at both the licensee and adviser level, saying such a change would require a fundamental overhaul of the Corporations Act. "This would seem to add duplication with limited benefit. Over the longer term it is possible that the option of individual ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... ICO offer was set up as an unregulated managed investment scheme that breached provision of provisions of the Corporations Act. The ICO offeror would have copped serious penalties under the Act if the offer had proceeded, ASIC said. On 19 April 2018 ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... actions expert Jan Saddler said the firm is "of the view that AMP has breached a number of provisions of the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules." "AMP executives gave evidence at the Royal Commission that their conduct fell far short of the standards ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... seeking to extend Bolton's ban on the basis that he may have breached section 206A(1)(a), (b) and/or (c) of the Corporations Act. Under Section 206A, a person who is disqualified from acting as a company director commits and offence if: They make, or ...

Dover roasted for 'Orwellian' protection policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... responsible for any action of an adviser that is not within the authority provided by the licensee under the Corporations Act. Such actions would include failing to adequately research a recommended financial product; failure to consider a client's circumstances ...

Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... interesting, because they're assessing the work with reference to whether it satisfies the rules in 961b(1) [of the Corporations Act]," McMaster replied. McMaster said he believed lawyers were qualified to do so, particularly if they are also financial ...

ANZ dragged its heels on adviser misconduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... continue advising his existing client-base until June 2016 - even though it had been determined he had breached the Corporations Act and that his advice could lead to "considerable client detriment." Orr noted that the vetting process used for advisers ...