Former Brisbane financial advisor jailed after pleading guilty to fraud charges
January 18th, 2016
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), the financial regulator of Australia, has issued a announcemnet to inform that: Following an ASIC investigation, Mr Thanh Tu, 38 years old, formerly of Forestdale, Brisbane, has today been sentenced to nine-and-a-half ...
ASIC seeks court orders to wind up Management Firm of Investment Schemes
September 16th, 2015
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a media release to inform that the Commission seeks court orders to wind up Avestra Asset Management. According the Commissions’s report: ASIC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Top stories of the day June 25
June 25th, 2015
1. European officials resumed talks on Greece’s bailout on Thursday after a day of negotiations broke up in the early hours without ending the standoff that has brought the country on the cusp of a default. With the Greek ...
Australia Regulator Blocks Interactive Brokers’ Currency Trading
June 25th, 2015
Australia’s securities regulator told Interactive Brokers Group Inc. to stop offering over-the-counter currency trading, saying the company doesn’t have the right license to operate in the nation. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission is also assessing whether the U.S. ...
ASIC blocks forex broker’s IPO
May 14th, 2015
The corporate watchdog has blocked the potential float of an online foreign exchange broker, FX Primus, as concerns mount about the prevalence of brokers setting up shop in Australia to target forex punters in the region. FX Primus Group ...
Former Hanlong Executive Charged on Insider Trading
October 10th, 2014
A mining executive who fled Australia three years ago has been extradited from Hong Kong and charged with 104 insider trading offenses linked to planned takeovers by a Sichuan Hanlong Group unit. Xiao Hui, also known as Steven Xiao, ...
ASIC fined SuperHelp Australia Pty Ltd
March 18th, 2014
SuperHelp Australia Pty Ltd (SuperHelp) has paid a $10,200 infringement notice penalty after making potentially misleading statements about the cost of setting up a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) using SuperHelp’s administration services. ASIC’s concerns related to a SuperHelp advertisment ...
