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14 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-342MR ASIC reports on corporate insolvencies 2017–18

ASIC today published its annual overview of corporate insolvencies based on statutory reports lodged by external administrators for the 2017–18 ...

9 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-341MR Court orders penalties and other relief against Westpac for BBSW conduct

The Federal Court of Australia today ordered Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) pay a pecuniary penalty of $3.3 million for contravening s12CC of ...

9 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-340MR ASIC cancels AGM Markets licence for unconscionable conduct and unmanaged conflicts of interest

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of the retail OTC derivative issuer, AGM Markets.  An ASIC investigation found ...

8 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-339MR Queensland liquidator committed on fraud charges

Mr David John Leigh, 56, of Sherwood, Queensland, has been committed by the Brisbane Magistrates’ Court on fraud charges and will be sentenced by the ...

8 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-338MR ASIC begins consultation on updated competence requirements for advice licensees

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is inviting input on proposed updates to our organisational competence requirements for ...

8 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-337MR Local Appliance Rentals to remediate customers and pays $257,500

Local Appliance Rentals (LAR) has paid $257,500 after ASIC identified concerns regarding LAR meeting its responsible lending obligations and its ...

7 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-336MR Man pleads guilty to misleading ASIC about shareholding

Mr John Lindsay Merity, of North Nowra, New South Wales, has pleaded guilty before the District Court of New South Wales to charges of giving false ...

6 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-335MR AFCA open for business: time for licensees to update ASIC with their AFCA membership details

ASIC has welcomed the achievement of a major milestone for Australian consumers and small business – the start of Australia’s new financial services ...

5 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-334MR Melbourne financial services and credit business to pay $9 million for multiple breaches of obligations and consumer protection laws

A Melbourne-based financial services and credit business has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay penalties of $8,980,000 in total after it ...

2 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-333MR ASIC obtains orders against Goldsky and Kenneth Grace

The Queensland Supreme Court has appointed Anthony Castley of William Buck as receiver and manager over the assets of Goldsky Global Access Fund Pty ...

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