Search Results for: Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASIC facilitates foreign financial service providers applying for exemptions
March 13th, 2015
ASIC is clarifying the documentation foreign financial services providers should provide to it when applying for class order exemptions to conduct business in Australia to facilitate an easier application process. In a written statement to key advisers to foreign ...
ASIC issues stop order on pre-prospectus publications by Bitcoin Group Limited
February 13th, 2015
ASIC has placed a stop order prohibiting Bitcoin Group Limited (a proposed Bitcoin ‘miner’ in Australia) from publishing any statements concerning its intention to make an initial public offering of its shares until the lodgement of a prospectus. ASIC’s ...
Massive fraud link to major mortgage broker
January 7th, 2015
The Melbourne man at the centre of an alleged $110 million mortgage fraud holds a senior position in one of the country’s largest mortgage brokerage networks, raising concerns that the true scale of the potential financial losses is yet to be ...
ASIC takes civil action against Make It Mine
November 26th, 2014
ASIC has started legal action against Make It Mine Pty Ltd (MIM), seeking financial penalties against the company for breaching consumer credit laws, including the responsible lending obligations. ASIC’s civil penalty proceedings, filed in the Federal Court of Australia ...
Former financial adviser jailed for two years
November 21st, 2014
A former Perth-based financial adviser today was jailed for two years for stealing almost $1.5 million worth of shares. Todd Michael King was sentenced to two years jail and was made eligible for parole. In September 2014, following a ...
AAT Corporation Limited fined for failing to lodge financial reports
November 13th, 2014
Australian public company, AAT Corporation Limited, has been convicted and fined $27,000 for failing to lodge annual and half-yearly financial reports. AAT Corporation Limited was charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after failing to lodge its ...
Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited pays $96,000 infringement notice penalty
September 11th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has ruled a fine against Merrill Lynch Equities (Australia) Limited (Merrill Lynch). The company has paid a total penalty of $96,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets ...
ASIC publishes first report on corporate finance regulation
August 29th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has today published the first of a series of regular reports it intends issuing on the regulation of corporate finance issues in Australia. The report, which covers the period January to June ...
Credit Suisse AG pays $88,400 infringement notice penalty
August 4th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has published the following announcement regarding a fine charged against Credit Suisse AG: Credit Suisse AG (“Credit Suisse”) has paid a penalty of $88,400 to comply with an infringement notice given to it ...
ASIC permanently bans Victorian finance broker
July 10th, 2014
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Mr Rudy Noel Frugtniet, a former Victorian finance broker, from engaging in credit activities after it was found he provided misleading information and a lack of full disclosure on a ...
