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ASIC cans timeshare company AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... ASIC of the details of the firm that failed to pay the compensation, ASIC must cancel the Australian financial services licence and credit licence of the firm," ASIC said. As a result, ASIC cancelled the two licences on October 16. In 2022, the Federal ...

Property fund management firm loses AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
ASIC has stripped the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Aretean Ltd Pty, trading as Aretean Capital, following the fund manager's failure to comply with its obligations. Aretean Capital boasts assets under management of over $250 million ...

Court freezes assets of company director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... concerns that some of the companies linked to McWilliams may have been operating without an Australian financial services licence, possibly breaching the Corporations Act. Additionally, he pointed out that several companies involved, along with McWilliams ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of foreign exchange contracts issuer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFLS) of contracts for difference (CFDs) and foreign exchange contracts issuer, FXOpen AU. ASIC said the decision to cancel the licence ...

ASIC launches new AFSL portal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is piloting a new digital portal for licensing which includes the ability to apply for, maintain and vary Australian financial services licences (AFSL). The new AFSL portal was launched on August ...

ASIC scraps Libertas' AFSL for unpaid compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
... ASIC of the details of the firm that failed to pay the compensation, ASIC must cancel the Australian financial services licence of the firm," ASIC said.

Industry funds defend CFMEU board ties

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... its board directors are appointed under the requirements of the SIS Act, Corporations Act, Australian Financial Services Licence obligations, and Superannuation Prudential Standard 520 Fit and Proper (CPS250). "We have robust procedures for ongoing probity ...

ASIC permanently bans Queensland adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... financial services, or manage or control those who do," ASIC said. Abdalla first gained his Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) in 2016 but has not held an AFSL since August 2019. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Abdalla was ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of XTrade

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of retail over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer XTrade. XTrade offered clients opportunities to trade in contracts for difference ...

Block Earner dodges massive fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... this case because it was concerned that Block Earner offered the Earner product without an Australian financial services licence, leaving consumers without important protections. Simply because a product hinges on a crypto-asset, does not mean it falls ...
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