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29 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-088MR ASIC allows certain AFS licensees to use lease assets to satisfy their licence financial requirements

ASIC has made changes to the financial requirements for some types of Australian financial services (AFS) licensees in relation to the treatment of ...

29 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-087MR Former Australian Unity financial adviser banned for five years

ASIC has banned Christopher Chan, a former authorised representative of Australian Unity Personal Financial Services Limited, from providing ...

28 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-086MR GoGetta Equipment Funding to pay $750,000 court penalty for unlicensed consumer leasing

The Federal Court has ordered GoGetta Equipment Funding Pty Ltd (GoGetta) pay a $750,000 penalty for engaging in unlicensed consumer leasing ...

26 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-085MR Disqualification of former director of property development companies set aside by AAT

On 7 August 2020, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) set aside ASIC’s decision to disqualify Mr Kenneth Wen Hsi Lee from managing corporations ...

26 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-084MR IOOF advice licensees to implement changes following ASIC surveillance

IOOF has committed to taking remedial action to address deficiencies identified as a result of an ASIC surveillance of two financial advice ...

26 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-083MR Former finance broker pleads guilty and sentenced for fraud

On 23 April 2021, Mr Vaughn Thomas Hopkins appeared at the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to four charges of obtaining a financial ...

23 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-082MR ASIC to extend deadlines for 30 June 2021 financial reports and amends ‘no action’ position for AGMs

ASIC will extend the deadline for both listed and unlisted entities to lodge financial reports (under Chapters 2M and 7 of the Corporations Act 2001) ...

22 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-081MR Former Victorian director charged with breaching directors’ duties

Rachel Edwards of Werribee, Victoria, has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court charged with four counts of breaching her directors’ duties. ...

22 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-080MR ASIC consults on draft guidance on breach reporting reforms

ASIC has issued Consultation Paper 340, seeking stakeholder feedback on proposed updates to its draft guidance on upcoming breach reporting reforms. ...

21 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-079MR Former Victorian financial adviser pleads guilty to obtaining financial advantage by deception

On 21 April 2021, Mr Ahmed Saad, of Glenroy, Victoria, pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining financial advantage by deception and one count of ...

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