Retail FX brokerage group USGFX set up its UK subsidiary Union Standard International Group Limited in November 2019. The company had applied for and received an FCA license for USGFX UK, which became effective on November 5. In December 2019 ASIC announced that the Federal Court in Sydney issueed asset restraint orders against Corporate Authorised…
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According to ASIC regulation NXXT Trade is not a transaction permitted for an on-market buy-back. The MDP considered that Credit Suisse had failed to act in accordance with its clients’ instructions to conduct an on-market buy-back when it had entered the NXXT trades. The MDP alleges that Credit Suisse was careless as it did not…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority suspended Wirecard’s UK subsidiary and left thousands of people in the UK unable to access their money. The UK regulator froze Wirecard Card Solutions’ UK lincense to protect the company's clients following the German-based parent company Wirecard AG filing for insolvency on Thursday last week after accounting firm Ernst & Young…
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ASIC also discovered that Marsh made misleading statements to clients. He promised they would make profits trading with Forex CT when actually CFD is a relatively high-risk investment. Marsh also promised that risk the of trading losses is reduced if clients made increased deposits in their trading accounts while in reality increasing deposits is placing…
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The Australian regulator ASIC alleged that at the time Kimelman was in possession of inside information concerning the intention by Quantum (now Nova Minerals Limited) to acquire Manitoba Minerals Pty Ltd, which had agreed to acquire an interest in a lithium resource in Canada. At the time of the alleged offences, the charges of insider…
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The Australian regulator alleges that the arrangements between CBA and CFSIL breached the ban on conflicted remuneration as the arrangements could influence the choice of financial product recommended by CBA to retail clients or the financial product advice. ASIC is looking for civil penalties against CBA and CFSIL. The maximum penalty could go up to…
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Australian company Allianz Metro Pty Ltd, together with Eustace Senese and Yoav Ida provided One Tech Media with services without AFS licence and also breached the Corporations Act. Senese and Ida also failed to issue the requisite PDS for each binary option trade conducted. The court found that One Tech Media’s conduct was “systemic and…
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The Australian regulator has requested that SocGen to appoint an independent expert to assess and test its controls, systems and processes to ensure compliance and identify any deficiencies and set out any remedial action. The additional AFS license conditions also require SocGen to provide attestations from a qualified senior executive and a board member that…
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These transactions created an artificial price for TTC shares on the ASX during this 12-week period. The Australian also alleges that Wu dishonestly obtained loans from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) for personal property purchases. Wu provided falsified documents to support his loan applications and he managed to obtain funds in the amount of…
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ASIC also claims that Henderson gave Financial Services Guide, containing the false claims to at least two clients. The charges follow an investigation into Henderson and his company by ASIC after evidence of misconduct was presented in the Royal Commission. Deputy Chair Daniel Crennan QC said: ASIC is dedicated to improving standards across the financial…
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