The Australian regulator decided to strengthen its protection for retail clients after it found that CFDs trading may result in significant loss for retail clients. ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour commented: We will closely monitor compliance with the product intervention order and won’t hesitate to take appropriate action to enforce the order. Commissioner Armour added: We…
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ASIC began civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Forex CT and Shlomo Yoshai on 16 July 2020, after discovering that the sole director’s lack of respect for compliance justified a ban for a significant period of time. Yoshai has now been given a ten- year ban after behaviour on Forex CT’s trading floor…
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AxiCorp’s licence also requires the company to provide ASIC with attestation from a senior executive within the firm. They must confirm that they are satisfied that AxiCorp has undertaken all necessary remedial actions and that it has in place adequate compliance measures to ensure that it and its representatives comply with financial services laws. If…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that its Board has appointed Annemie Rombouts as Chair of the Corporate Reporting Standing Committee (CRSC). According to the official press release, Rombouts was previously Deputy Chair of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority. Her new appointment as chair of the CRSC is effective immediately. Moscow Exchange…
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The new policy grants immunity to the first individual who satisfies the immunity criteria and reports the misconduct to ASIC before an investigation has started. ASIC still encourages individuals who do not meet the criteria to cooperate and they will be given due credit. The regulator will not grant immunity from any administrative or compensation…
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The watchdog said it has no evidence that any Australian credit licence application forms or any attachments were opened or downloaded. ASIC also said that as a precaution, it has disabled access to the affected server. The Commission is looking at alternative arrangements for submitting credit application attachments which will be implemented soon. There is…
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Consumers have alerted the Australian watchdog that they have been unable to get their money back after investing through this entity. ASIC stated that it is “particularly concerned” about the risk this poses to consumers and investors to lose money when buying into fake crypto-assets. The regulator warned that cryptocurrency investment scams are on the…
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On 8 January 2019 the Australian watchdog suspended the Halifax AFS licence until 10 January 2020. The suspension followed the appointment of Morgan Kelly, Stewart McCallum and Phil Quinlan of Ferrier Hodgson as joint voluntary administrators of Halifax on 23 November 2018. On 20 March 2019 at the second creditors meeting it was decided to…
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The former Syndey financial advisor pleaded guilty to a charge that, between June 2011 and April 2012, he used his position as a director dishonestly, with the intention of gaining advantage for either himself or Flowers Financial Management, by causing the transfer/withdrawal of $179,500 of seed capital. Flowers also pleaded guilty to a charge that,…
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced raising civil proceedings in Federal Court against Union Standard International Group Pty Ltd (trading as usgfx) and its former corporate authorised representatives, Maxi EFX Global AU Pty Ltd (trading as EuropeFX) and BrightAU Capital Pty Ltd (trading as TradeFred). The UK Financial Conduct Authority announced making the…
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