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15 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-072MR ASIC extends temporary financial advice relief measure in COVID-19 instrument

ASIC has today announced that it will extend one of three temporary relief measures designed to help the financial advice industry provide consumers ...

14 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-071MR ASIC cancels eight Australian credit licences

ASIC has cancelled or suspended eight Australian credit licences between 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020 for failing to be a member of the Australian ...

13 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-070MR ASIC takes action to wind up SA Services & PW Pty Ltd and Orphans Asia Pty Ltd following scam investigation

ASIC has successfully applied to the Federal Court of Australia to wind up two NSW-based companies, SA Services & PW Pty Ltd (SA Services) and ...

12 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-069MR Goldsky director charged with dishonest conduct

On 12 April 2021, Kenneth Charles Grace appeared in the Tweed Heads Local Court charged with eight counts of engaging in dishonest conduct and one ...

12 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-068MR Ainsworth writes down assets

ASIC notes the decision by Ainsworth Game Technology Limited (Ainsworth) to write down certain assets in its financial report for the half-year ended ...

8 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-067MR ASIC warns time is fast running out for insurance claims handling AFS licence applications

Today ASIC called on insurance claims handling firms to lodge licence applications (new and varied) as soon as possible, and by no later than 7 May ...

8 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-066MR ASIC commences proceedings against Westpac for alleged misleading and unfair sales of consumer credit insurance

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac), alleging it mis-sold consumer credit ...

7 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-065MR CBA to pay $7 million court penalty for overcharged interest – Royal Commission case study

The Federal Court of Australia has ordered the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to pay a $7 million penalty after the Court had previously ...

1 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-064MR ASIC bans the sale of binary options to retail clients

ASIC has made a product intervention order banning the issue and distribution of binary options to retail clients. The ban will take effect from ...

1 April 2021 MEDIA RELEASE
21-063MR ASIC sues CBA for misleading conduct over monthly access fees

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), alleging that it charged monthly ...

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