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Financial crime taskforce puts two behind bars

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... Attorney-General's Department, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Australian Border Force.

Spaceship beefs up senior management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... fund's internal compliance team. The appointments come about a month after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission slapped Spaceship and trustee Tidswell Financial Services with infringement notices. Spaceship's GrowthX option claimed to ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... mislead or deceive investors, and has already identified non-compliant offers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is sending enquiries to ICO issuers and their advisers whose conduct or statements may be misleading to investors. As ...

ASIC deregisters 117 SMSF auditors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... for the fund and the auditor," the ASIC statement said.? In November 2017, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission sent out final warnings to 404 approved SMSF auditors who had not filed annual statements. About 287 of the SMSF auditors ...

FinTech Australia appoints interim chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... the association dealt with policy outcomes which included: The creation of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regulatory sandbox; Bringing equity crowdfunding to Australia; Removing the double-taxing of goods and services tax ...

ASIC successfully files injunction against Melbourne advice provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... Corporations Act 2001, the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, including breaches of the best interests duty and unlicensed conduct. As such, ASIC sought injunctive relief as ...

ASIC remains firm on IFA definitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission reaffirmed its position on terminology used to describe the independence of financial advisers. ASIC's latest update to Regulatory Guide 175 (RG 175) confirms that terms such as "independently owned" ...

ANZ and ASIC settle over BBSW case

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
ANZ and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have reached a confidential and in-principle agreement to settle court action relating to the Australian bank bill swap rate market. This morning ASIC asked the Federal Court to stand down ...

ASIC links previously banned adviser to court proceedings

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... the defendants breached various provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, including the best interest obligations financial advisers owe to their clients under the Future of Financial Advice ...

Sydney RE to pay for false ads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... October 2015. Huntley advertised that its investment projects were 'approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission', but admitted to the regulator that this was misleading. Huntley also consented to - and was accused by the Federal ...