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18 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-012MR ASIC bans former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser for 5 years

ASIC has banned Kimberley Holgate, of Wagga Wagga, NSW, from providing financial services for five years.  Ms Holgate was an authorised ...

18 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-011MR National Warranty Company refunds $4.9 million for poor car warranty sales incentives

National Warranty Company (NWC) will refund approximately $4.9 million to 6,367 car warranty customers because its commission incentives breached the ...

17 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-010MR ASIC accepts voluntary licence variation from HLB Mann Judd Corporate Finance Pty Ltd to cease providing 'independent expert' advice

ASIC has accepted a voluntary variation of the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of HLB Mann Judd Corporate Finance Pty Ltd, excluding the ...

17 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-009MR Suncorp refunds $17.2 million in add-on insurance premiums

Suncorp will refund  41,428 add-on insurance customers $17.2 million for insurance bought through car dealerships that provided little or no value to ...

17 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-008MR Allianz refunds $45.6 million in add-on insurance premiums

Allianz (Allianz Australia Insurance Limited) will refund $45.6 million to 68,000 customers for add-on insurance sold through car dealerships that ...

16 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-007MR Breakaway Finance Group offers enforceable undertaking to cancel AFS licence

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Breakaway Finance Group Pty Ltd ...

12 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-006MR ASIC permanently bans South Australian financial adviser

ASIC has permanently banned Mr Robert Pryor Smith, of West Lakes, South Australia from providing financial services on the basis that he is not of ...

12 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-005MR ASIC acts against Melbourne-based financial services and credit business

The Federal Court of Australia has made interim orders restraining Financial Circle Pty Ltd (Financial Circle) from engaging in a number of ...

11 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-004MR ASIC licenses first crowd-sourced funding intermediaries

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has licensed the first crowd-sourced funding (CSF) intermediaries under the new CSF ...

10 January 2018 MEDIA RELEASE
18-003MR Victorian man arrested after being charged with fraud

Following an ASIC investigation, Mr Samuel Tessa has been charged with five counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception. Mr ...

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