Search Results for: Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Asia stocks subdued, euro and Aussie stand tall
June 3rd, 2015
A spike in U.S. and German debt yields reduced the appetite for riskier assets to keep Asian share markets subdued on Wednesday, while the euro held gains made on upbeat euro zone inflation data and on hopes that Greece ...
ESMA and RBA conclude MoU on access to data held in trade repositories
March 6th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow RBA to have access to data held in European Trade repositories according to its mandate. The MoU ...
ESMA and Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) sign MoU on trade repository data
December 4th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on access to data held in European trade repositories . The MoU is effective as of 26 November 2014. The ...
ESMA to cooperate with regional regulators on Australian CCPs
December 4th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements between the signatory authorities regarding Central Counterparties ...
ASIC takes civil action against LM founder and former directors
November 20th, 2014
ASIC has started legal action against LM Investment Management Ltd (LMIM) founder, Peter Charles Drake, and former directors, seeking financial penalties and banning orders following the collapse of the Gold Coast-based fund manager. ASIC’s civil penalty proceedings in the ...
ASIC shuts down unlicensed FX business and removes its director from the industry
November 20th, 2014
ASIC has taken action in the NSW Supreme Court to permanently shut down unlicensed foreign exchange (FX) business, Vault Market Pty Ltd (Vault Market), and to remove its sole director, Mr MD Anamul Amin, from the financial services industry. ...
Invast Upgrades MT4 Platform and Servers for Improved Handling Capabilities
October 21st, 2014
Invast has recently invested in new, state-of-the-art, Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) servers, as part of their ongoing commitment in providing the highest quality infrastructure to support their clients’ trading. Invast, one of the largest and most successful global ...
SpotOption partners with ASIC Regulated Binary Brand
August 26th, 2014
SpotOption – headquartered in Cyprus – has entered into a partnership with the youtradeFX Group in facilitating the launch of the latter’s new Australian binary options brand. All online traffic to the Australian offshoot of the group (www.ytfx.com.au) is ...
Australian day trader was jailed for manipulation of CFDs
June 17th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today sentenced Kristoffer John Watts from New South Wales, to two years in jail for market manipulation. Kristoffer John Watts, a day-trader living in Casuarina, New South Wales, pleaded guilty in April 2014 ...
ASIC obtains extension of injunction freezing bank accounts of Sino Australia Oil and Gas Limited
June 3rd, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Federal Court in Melbourne extending an injunction restraining Sino Australia Oil & Gas Ltd (SAO), an ASX-listed entity, from transferring company funds from two accounts it holds ...
