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Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... rigorous screening of applicants," Di Mattina said. The FSC said that SIVs have been a "beachhead" for Australian financial services companies and fund managers to gain a foothold in the Asian high-net-worth segment. "Our members have noted that without ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of JB Markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) of JB Markets effective from 12 April 2024. ASIC said JB Markets failed to comply with the financial requirements of its AFSL ...

Adam Blumenthal ordered to pay $850k

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... by failing to comply with its compliance policies and causing it to breach its obligations as an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee which jeopardised its interests. Blumenthal also breached his duties as a director of Creso by paying Tyson ...

Blockchain mining companies sued by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... contravention of sections 911A of the Corporations Act by providing financial services without an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). ASIC is also seeking interim and final injunctions against the NGS companies to prevent them from providing ...

ASIC challenges court ruling in Finder Wallet crypto case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... use their capital. If Finder Earn was a debenture, Finder Wallet would've been required to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence to offer such a product. However, the court disagreed with ASIC's assertions and ruled in favour of Finder Wallet. ...

ASIC bans director who promised 150% returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... while unlicensed. In addition, ASIC said he held out that Panacea Capital was authorised under an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) when this was not the case. ASIC found Creigh provided fact sheets to investors to induce them to invest in ...

'ASX Wolf' Tyson Scholz bankrupt in ASIC crackdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... barred Scholz from operating fee-based online trading groups, sharing trading advice without an Australian Financial Services Licence, and carrying on any financial services business in Australia as per the Corporations Act. He was ordered to pay $456,296.64 ...

DASS settlement pending court approval, victims urged to claim

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... until at least 8 April 2024 to do so. "They have 'at least' until 8 April 2024 because the Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) held by Dixon Advisory was cancelled by ASIC on 5 April 2023," Mackay Chapman executive counsel Matthew Kennedy ...

Penta Capital fined for fabricated FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... investigate and file civil penalty proceedings," ASIC said. ASIC clarified that Penta Capital "is not an Australian financial services licensee or authorised representative". Its associated entities Penta Asset Management and SEQ Asset Management were ...

ASIC freezes out former Magnolia Capital director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... dollar. The corporate regulator determined that Atkins, previously an authorised representative of Australian financial services licensee Guildfords Fund Management, failed to act in good faith as a director by putting investor funds at risk. ASIC said ...
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