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30 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-171MR ASIC releases final updated guidance on complaints handling

ASIC has today released updated requirements for how financial firms deal with consumer and small business complaints – under their Internal Dispute ...

29 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-170MR ASIC consults on remaking class order on notification requirements for unlicensed carried over instrument lenders and clarification of credit disclosure obligations

ASIC today released a consultation paper (CP 331) proposing to remake two class orders that are due to expire (‘sunset’) on 1 October 2020 and 1 ...

29 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-169MR ASIC bans Hobart adviser for five years

ASIC has banned Hobart-based financial adviser David Horton from providing financial services for five years for failing to comply with financial ...

28 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-168MR ASIC takes action to wind up illegal investment scheme MyWealth Manager

The Federal Court has made orders to wind up MyWealth Manager, an unregistered managed investment scheme (the Scheme). The Court found the Scheme had ...

24 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-167MR ASIC releases minor updates to RG 97

ASIC today released minor amendments to the fees and cost disclosure regime for issuers of superannuation and managed investment products.  A major ...

22 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-166MR ASIC will not appeal Federal Court decision on Westpac’s ‘responsible lending’ obligations

ASIC will not seek special leave to appeal to the High Court in the Westpac ‘responsible lending’ matter, following the full Federal Court’s 2-1 ...

22 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-165MR Organised crime investigation charges 12 over complex fraud

Joint media release with the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Taxation Office A joint-agency investigation into an elaborate $17 million ...

21 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-164MR ASIC suspends AFS licence of Union Standard International Group

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based retail over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer Union Standard ...

17 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-163MR Clive Palmer charged over breaches of directors’ duties and fraud

Following an ASIC investigation, Mr Clive Frederick Palmer, 66 of Broadbeach Waters in Queensland, has been charged with two counts of contravening ...

17 July 2020 MEDIA RELEASE
20-162MR Federal Court upholds ASIC's appeal on Robert Hutchison

On 13 July 2020, following an appeal by ASIC, the Federal Court set aside a decision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) not to ban ...

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