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9 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-027MR Payday lender penalised for overcharging consumers

Following ASIC intervention, Fair Go Finance Pty Ltd has paid $34,000 in infringement notices for overcharging interest and establishment fees on ...

8 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-026MR ASIC consults on 'sunsetting' property and management class orders

ASIC today released a consultation paper proposing to remake eight class orders that are due to expire (‘sunset’) between 2016 and 2018. The class ...

4 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-025MR GRG International Ltd convicted and fined for late accounts

GRG International Ltd (GRG) has been convicted and fined for late lodgement of financial accounts. The company, which was delisted from the ASX in ...

4 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-024MR Perth man charged with insider trading appears in court

  Mr Steven Robert Noske, of Perth, Western Australia, appeared in the Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court in relation to one count of insider ...

4 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-023MR Supreme Court permanently restrains Roger Munro from operating without an Australian financial services licence

The Supreme Court of Queensland has found that Dr Roger Munro breached the Corporations Act by carrying on a financial services business in Australia ...

4 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-022MR ASIC bans former NAB bank adviser for seven years

Following an investigation by ASIC and a hearing, ASIC has banned Mr Shane Thompson of New Gisborne, Victoria, from providing financial services and ...

4 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-020MR Invest with your eyes open – use ASIC's MoneySmart Investing Challenge

Recent ASIC research[1] has revealed that one in 10 Australian investors lost money they couldn't afford to lose last year; and that many Australians ...

3 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-021MR SMSF accountant charged

Following an ASIC investigation, Mr Nicholas James Ellis, 44, of Valentine in New South Wales, appeared before the Downing Centre Local Court charged ...

2 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-019MR BMW Finance pays $391,000 penalty for breaching responsible lending and repossession laws

Car finance provider, BMW Australia Finance Ltd (BMW Finance), has paid penalties totalling $391,000 and had a condition placed on its Australian ...

2 February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE
16-018MR ASIC releases guidance on new protections for small businesses against unfair contract terms

ASIC has today released an information sheet about new protections for small businesses from unfair contract terms in standard form contracts. These ...

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