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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
... 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 lodged ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... adequate risk management systems; have adequate technological and human resources to provide the services covered by its licence; ensure that its representatives were adequately trained; maintain the competence to provide financial services covered by ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... extended public offer in 2019. At the time, Challenger chief executive Richard Howes said the firm had considered an ADI licence for two years and the MyLife MyFinance investment in technology would allow Challenger to scale and streamline its business. ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... of information Justice Thawley was seeking. DASS went into voluntary administration in January 2022. ASIC cancelled its licence on 5 April 2023. DASS comprises the glut of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's complaints as well as the ...

ASIC bans director who promised 150% returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... 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 the Crypto ...

ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... regulatory obligations that apply at any point in time. "Where we see misconduct, including where we assess you as needing a licence to offer a product or service, we can take action, as we have demonstrated." However, despite issuing the warning over ...

Third person pleads guilty in Courtenay House Ponzi scheme

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... defunct investment manager Courtenay House, has pleaded guilty to carrying on a financial services business without a licence and dealing in the proceeds of crime. Between 24 June 2015 and 21 April 2017, Sipina carried on an unlicensed financial services ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... ASIC Financial Adviser Register, while at MyPlanner, he failed to meet the annual CPD requirements. MyPlanner had its licence cancelled by ASIC in 2020 after two-year battle that began when ASIC surveillance found it was providing poor financial advice ...

Court dismisses ASIC lawsuit against Finder

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... Mullaly said: "ASIC pursued this matter because we considered that this product was being offered without the appropriate licence or authorisation and therefore without the benefit of important consumer protections." Justice Markovic concluded that "ASIC ...
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