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Government ramps up ASIC powers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... significant increases" in more than two decades. For individuals, penalties for serious criminal offences under the Corporations Act have been raised to a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment and/or $945,000 or three times the benefits. For corporations ...

AMP executive 'apologises' for advice failings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... questioned which regulatory breaches Regan, on behalf of AMP, was referring to. "The various breaches of the Corporations Act that occurred as a result of these practices...I believe we accept that we have [breached the Act]," Regan said. AMP admits ...

Commonwealth Bank refunding millions in fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... January 2013, it has made 20 breach notifications to ASIC in relation to actual or potential breaches of the Corporations Act by advisers licensed by Commonwealth FP, Financial Wisdom or Count Financial. A further five notifications were made in relation ...

AMP admits to serious misconduct in RC submissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... community standards and expectations." AMP made a series of acknowledgements of possible contraventions of the Corporations Act and the ASIC Act in relation to fees for no service. Orr said AMP acknowledged 196 events across 14 of its advice licensees ...

Royal Commission to take "labyrinthine" advice legislation to task

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... financial sector - this led to ASIC's establishment in 1998. The paper continues: "Although both Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act and Part 2, Division 2 of the ASIC Act have subsequently been amended extensively, it is important to note that by the ...

FASEA standards still lacking: FPA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... degree in an unrelated field, the completion of a bridging course of eight units covering topics including the Corporations Act and behavioural finance will be required. FASEA said the full content for advisers with no current degree will be confirmed ...

Blue Sky hits back at hedge fund, requests ASIC intervention

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... engaged in the notable increase in short selling in recent months" may have manipulated the market, breaching the Corporations Act. As a consequence of this, Blue Sky requested ASIC investigate Glaucus and the recent short-selling of Blue Sky Securities. ...

Former Provident Capital MD still banned but allowed procedural fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... managing corporations for five-years. It is the maximum banning period ASIC can impose under section 206F of the Corporations Act. On 7 March 2018, Federal Court Justice Nye Perram found an error was made in O'Sullivan's AAT hearing on 2 May 2017. "ASIC ...

FASEA releases draft degree equivalence, Code of Ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
... degree in an unrelated field, the completion of a bridging course of eight units covering topics including the Corporations Act and behavioural finance will be required. FASEA said the full content for advisers with no current degree will be confirmed ...

ASIC seeks Deloitte to liquidate SMSF business

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... Deloitte's Jason Tracy to liquidate the company. According to ASIC's statement, Superfunded may have breached the Corporations Act and parts of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act relating to schemes that promote the "illegal early release ...