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Australian Capital Reserve directors plead guilty

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... statements in the company's accounts and prospectus in a case brought forward by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). A third Australian Capital Reserve (ACR) director, Steven Martin, had pleaded guilty to a similar charge on August ...

FOFA: Opt-in obligations, ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... who are in regular contact with their clients," Shorten said. The reach of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will also extend further into the advice industry with the Government strengthening the regulators powers in licensing ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... platforms, one of the world's biggest platform providers said yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) this week warned the industry that if it does not voluntarily develop transparency standards so members can see what ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... push by the corporate regulator for greater transparency in the industry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants the superannuation industry to develop standards for portfolio disclosure so super fund members can see what securities ...

ASIC warns CFD providers on margin calls, disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission warned that contracts-for-difference were high-risk products as it released new disclosure benchmarks for providers today. Greg Medcraft, ASIC chairman, told a press conference in Sydney that there ...

Trio chair ban and Richard jailed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... Shawn Richard, has been handed down a two and a half year jail sentence. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) accepted Andrews enforceable undertaking (EU) offer, whereby Andrews must not act in any role within the financial services ...

Hedge fund forum to tackle tough questions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... current financial turmoil. Speakers at the event will include Greg Medcraft, chair, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Craig Turnbull, chief investment officer, Local Government State Super, Judith Posnikoff, managing director of PAAMCO ...

ASIC commissioner new chief of FOS

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... this he was deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft thanked Tregillis for his work with ASIC. "As a commissioner, Shane worked on some of ASIC's most ...

ASIC looks to reshape retail advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Client preference for scalable advice rather than a holistic approach has lead the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to propose a replacement regulatory guide. ASIC proposes that its Regulatory Guide 200 (RG 200) be replaced with a new ...

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... (FSC) has been pursuing the introduction of a passport with Treasury and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) preparing a detailed options paper to be discussed at an upcoming APEC summit which outline a range of technical details ...