Australian Securities and Investments Commission

104 results about this entity

Period: 22 Jan 2007 - 18 Dec 2024

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Aussie banks, regulators and telcos team to tackle investment scams

The National Anti-Scam Centre will coordinate an investment scam fusion cell to combat the growing problem of investment scams, which are costing Australians more than $1 billion a year.

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Asic selects Eastern Analytica to deliver market disclosure product

As outlined in ASIC’s Corporate Plan 2022-26, ASIC is committed to work on development of an innovative solution to identify and assess poor market disclosure by listed companies.

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Asic commences investigation into ASX's bungled Chess replacement project

ASIC has confirmed to ASX that it has commenced an investigation into suspected contraventions of the ASIC Act 2001 and the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the CHESS.

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Asic to expand enforcement focus to greenwashing, predatory lending and insurance prices

ASIC has warned businesses it will be targeting greenwashing, predatory lending and misleading insurance pricing promises this year, as part of a continuing focus on protecting consumers from financial harm.

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Regulators increase scrutiny of ASX post-trade arrangements

Today ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) (the regulators) have taken further action to ensure that all necessary steps are taken by ASX to support and maintain current CHESS until its replacement is successfully implemented.

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Asic calls on market operators to improve resilience during outages

ASIC is calling on market operators and participants to continue to implement its expectations to improve the resilience of the Australian equity market during outages, including by facilitating trading on alternative markets.

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Asic sues ANZ for overstating credit card account balances and charging fees

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) for allegedly misleading its customers as to the available funds and balances in their credit card accounts.

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Westpac penalised $113 million after multiple Asic legal actions

The Federal Court has ordered Westpac to pay penalties in the amount of $113 million for widespread compliance failures across multiple businesses, including Westpac’s banking, superannuation, wealth management and insurance brands.

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Asic takes action against Macquarie Bank for alleged failures in client account monitoring

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Macquarie Bank Ltd for failing to adequately monitor and control transactions by third parties, such as financial advisers, on their customers’ cash management accounts.

Securities regulators worldwide to consult on concerns over retail trading markets

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation paper on retail market conduct issues in the context of the rapidly changing retail investment landscape across the globe.

ASX slammed over futures outage on crucial trading day

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ASX slammed over futures outage on crucial trading day

Australia's top securities regulator has slammed the country's national stock exchange for a four-hour outage that shut down trading in the futures markets.

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Australia's ASIC embarks on regtech intiative into poor market disclosure

ASIC will be working with five regulatory technology (regtech) entities – Bedrock AI Aus Pty Ltd, DigitalX Limited, Eastern Analytica Pty Ltd, Listcorp Pty Ltd and Pyxta Pty Ltd for the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) Regulatory Technology (Regtech) Round, dealing with the challenges of corporate disclosure.

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