The High Court of Australia has granted the Australian
Securities and Investments Commission special leave to appeal a ruling in
favour of digital asset provider Block Earner. The case concerns whether the
company’s…
Australia's
financial market watchdog has eliminated more than 9,240 pages of regulatory
content this year as part of a sweeping effort to streamline rules that
businesses say have become too complex and costly…
Australia's
financial regulator shut down MWL Financial Services and banned its managing
director for a decade following what officials described as serious failures in
how the firm handled client investments worth $155 million.ASIC…
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ASIC has accused Bitget of offering unlicensed crypto futures to Australians, lacking an AFS licence and bypassing investor protections.
Bitget’s products offer up to 125x leverage, far above ASIC’s 2:1…
Australia's
financial watchdog has issued urgent warnings about two separate but related
threats targeting the country's $4 trillion superannuation system, as scammers
exploit both high-pressure sales tactics and fake government websites to steal
retirement…
In brief
Australia’s corporate regulator has appointed a three-member expert panel to investigate the ASX.
The inquiry comes after the exchange scrapped its seven-year, $163.1 million blockchain project to replace its CHESS…
Australia's
market watchdog has asked the Federal Court to appoint receivers to Australian
Fiduciaries Limited and 30 related companies after the collapse of investment
schemes that attracted around $160 million from approximately 600…
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EC Markets secured a key license that allows it to operate fully in the country’s tightly controlled financial sector. The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) of the
UAE has issued EC…
Australian
FX and CFD brokers holding Australian Financial Services (AFS) licenses are
under renewed pressure from the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC) to ensure all information on the Financial Advisers Register
(FAR) is…