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Third person pleads guilty in Courtenay House Ponzi scheme

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
David Sipina, a Croydon local, who had a role at defunct investment manager Courtenay House, has pleaded guilty to carrying on a financial services business without a licence and dealing in the proceeds of crime. Between 24 June 2015 and 21 April 2017 ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Queensland-based financial adviser Shane Rose. Rose has been banned from providing any financial services, performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial ...

ASIC extends ETF class order

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
ASIC has released a new legislative instrument that extends relief to a broader class of quoted funds. ASIC Corporations (Relief to Facilitate Admission of Exchange Traded Funds) Instrument 2024/147 replaces [CO 13/721] ASIC Corporations (Relief to ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... Regulate an Emerging Tech? "A second risk is strangling innovation, as frequently transpires in Europe, while a third is regulatory capture, which seems likely given the high stakes and dearth of AI expertise in government." Hebner said a balance needs ...

ASIC ends legal battle: Provide Capital's appeal quashed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Provide Capital; it must now comply with a notice issued by ASIC to produce documents and pay the regulator's legal costs. ASIC had previously served a notice on Provide Capital to produce documents as part ...

Majority comply with IDR reporting: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... visibility of where consumers may be having difficulties". "It provides ASIC with an important data set to assist with regulatory decision making, and will drive firms to improve IDR practices," ASIC said.

Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... where it is difficult to invest in the technology upgrades needed to attract advisers or respond to the ever-increasing regulatory requirements." The consequences for third-party providers supporting the system are clear, Mercer said, looking at administrators ...

Court dismisses ASIC lawsuit against Finder

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... (DDO) in relation to Finder Earn. ASIC argued that Finder Earn was in essence a debenture and should fall under its regulatory regime. "This is because customers deposited money with Finder Wallet on the understanding that their money would ultimately ...

ATO refers SMSF auditors to ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Fifteen self-managed super fund (SMSF) auditors have been reprimanded for performing in-house audits. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) referred 15 SMSF auditors to ASIC following a review of files from audit firms. ASIC said it had concerns that ...

AFCA secures $40m in refunds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... Australian Taxation Office in the first half of FY23/24. "While AFCA is not a regulator, we operate within the broader regulatory framework by providing information to regulators in accordance with our obligations. Our reports to regulators ensure they ...