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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 ...

1 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-332MR ASIC disqualifies Victorian SMSF auditor

ASIC has disqualified Oscar Altavilla, of Victoria, from being an approved auditor of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) for breaching ...

31 October 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-331MR Former Gold Coast financial advisor jailed after dishonestly using his position

Former financial adviser and accountant, Satvir Singh Birk, of Reedy Creek, was today sentenced in the Southport District Court to two and a half ...

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