Former Queensland property developer Ian Omar Chester has been sentenced to nine years in prison after admitting to dishonestly diverting more than A$2.2 million of investor money from a network…
ASIC Keeps Foreign-Market Record Relief in Place for Another Five Years Australia’s securities regulator has extended a long-running exemption covering certain records of transactions executed on overseas financial markets, preserving…
ASIC Moves to Preserve Assets in Lake Narracan Investment Scheme Australia’s securities regulator has secured interim asset-preservation and travel-restraint orders against Star Investment Group Australia Pty Ltd, Gondal Holdings Pty…
Australia’s securities regulator has warned online brokers over the way complex and highly leveraged products are being offered to retail investors, raising concerns about weak onboarding controls, poorly defined target…
ASIC’s $830 Million Penalty Year Puts Banks, Super Funds and Market Firms on Notice The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has delivered one of its strongest enforcement periods on record,…
ASIC says simplification push cuts paper lodgements and targets clearer regulatory guidance Australia’s corporate regulator says it has made progress on a multi-year effort to simplify its rules, guidance and…