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Directors face prison term for lack of disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... formerly known as Hallmark Gold and Welcome Stranger Mining Company, following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Under the Corporations Act, both directors were found to have controlled shares using offshore entities ...

ASIC calls for tighter employment checks

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Standards Australia have launched a new handbook to give employers a reference-checking framework for financial advisers. ASIC developed the handbook, Reference Checking in the Financial ...

ASIC appoints new commissioner

Outgoing Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Jeffrey Lucy takes up a post at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques steps into his shoes. Lucy has taken up the role of part-time ...

Bannned AFS planner to appeal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
AFS has expressed disappointment over the Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to ban one of its advisers, Michael Parker, and said it will support his appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. ASIC banned Parker after it found ...

Property developer gets two years jail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has successfully prosecuted a Mount Eliza property developer for duping 49 investors in a property development out of $14 million. Melbourne Country Court sentenced former property developer ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... with the risk they were taking?" While the IAA was reluctant to call for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to "pre-vet" prospectuses, Martin said, "In some form or another perhaps it's necessary."

ASIC to tighten debenture regulations

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a consultation paper proposing tighter regulation of the unlisted, unrated debenture market following the collapse of companies like Westpoint and ACR. The paper, unlisted, unrated ...

Virtual bank collapse a warning to online world

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... or know who's good and who's bad," he said. He added his previous attempt to establish a Securities and Investments Commission, which he passed on to a group of players, imploded due to poor management. A new group, the Second Life Exchange Commission ...

Standardise sustainability reporting: Finsia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2007
... reporting, to be championed by a body like the Australian Securities Exchange or the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

ASIC to update planner training guidelines

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is seeking feedback on proposals to update its training guidelines for financial planners. The proposed changes relate to Regulatory Guide 146 (RG 146), and take into account submissions to ...