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Cyber-security fears strike industry: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... compliance. Ensuring people are educated will also help to raise awareness of the risks of money laundering, fraud, insider trading, breaches of privacy and data protection legislation," he said. The Australian Cyber Security Centre reported 47,000 cyber ...

ASIC advances towards telecommunication intercept powers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... given enhanced powers to receive interception materials, seized by another government agency, in cases of alleged insider trading, market manipulation and financial services fraud. The new powers, outlined in the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce position ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... defendants had for their legal duties. Last week, the Sydney Local Court also dismissed 11 charges of procuring insider trading brought against a former Credit Suisse vice president by ASIC. Darren Wayne Thompson, a former vice president of the investment ...

Court blocks IOOF class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... inappropriately handled allegations of corporate misconduct within the firm's research division, including claims of insider trading and misrepresentation of performance - information obtained via a whistle-blower. On Friday the Victorian Supreme Court ...

Another former AMP planner cops ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... charged. Darren Wayne Thompson pleaded not guilty yesterday in Downing Centre Local Court to 11 counts of procuring insider trading. It is alleged that Thompson, formerly a vice president in the investment banking department of Credit Suisse Management ...

ASIC determines Aussie equity market "mostly clean"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... October 2015. The regulator's Review of Australian equity market cleanliness report (REP 487) investigated "possible insider trading and information leakage ahead of material, price-sensitive announcements." This was achieved by analysing price movements ...

IOOF advice nets $1.3bn in FY16

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... ASIC's recent announcement that it had finalised its inquiry into the group, finding that in the case of alleged insider trading, "the release of the research reports had no material effect on the price of the relevant securities and there was no other ...

ASIC finalises IOOF inquiry

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
ASIC has concluded its inquiry into allegations of insider trading and governance breaches made against IOOF. In the case of insider trading, where an IOOF employee was alleged to have traded in securities prior to the release of IOOF's research report ...

ASIC ban upheld, investment banker jailed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... decision stated. Meanwhile, Sydney investment banker Michael Hull was jailed for 17 months after pleading guilty to insider trading following charges brought by ASIC. Hull had previously pleaded guilty to trading in the shares of Mac Services Limited ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... on what administration you have," he said. "In my view, law enforcement should not be influenced by politics. Insider trading and accounting fraud should not be a partisan issue. "The US conservatives, obviously, want less regulation and progressives ...