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ASIC Announces Major Changes to Reporting Requirements

  • Full-year and half-year reports at December 31, 2018, must comply with these new accounting standards.
Monday, 03/12/2018 | 08:13 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

ASIC Cancels AFS Licence of OTC Derivative Issuer Berndale

  • ASIC has also banned Stavro D’Amore, a former director of the firm, from providing financial services for six years.
Friday, 30/11/2018 | 06:59 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

Invast Global Continues Support of Aussie Women’s Sevens Team

  • Today, the team is in Dubai and will begin to battle it out for the HSBC Sevens Women’s World Series.
Thursday, 29/11/2018 | 08:15 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

Exclusive: Halifax Investment Services Has Gone Bust

  • The Sydney-based company shares its owner with two other finance firms.
Sunday, 25/11/2018 | 14:35 GMT by Finance Magnates Staff
Brokers

Exclusive: ASIC Broker License Prices Hit Whopping $4 Million

  • Regulatory arbitrage comes at a hefty cost as ASIC still trailing on leverage restrictions.
Wednesday, 21/11/2018 | 17:16 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Regulation

State One Stockbroking fined $500,000 for Compliance Failures

  • The firm was ordered to pay penalties totalling $350,000 for not complying with ASIC’s Market Integrity Rules.
Wednesday, 21/11/2018 | 09:00 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

How Not to Do Business in Australia: The Story of AGM Markets

  • AGM Markets got its license revoked and most recently the company’s CEO got a ban from the industry.
Wednesday, 21/11/2018 | 05:51 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Executive Moves

IG Promotes Kevin Algeo to Head of Asia Pacific and Africa

  • The long-time industry veteran has been with the London-headquartered brokerage since 2013.
Monday, 19/11/2018 | 15:59 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Regulation

ASIC Adds 10 Unauthorized Financial Firms to its Blacklist

  • The firms range from FX, CFD, and cryptocurrency brokers, to investment firms.
Monday, 19/11/2018 | 15:09 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Analysis

Aussie Retail Investors Willing to Use Debt to Finance Investments

  • The report from Investment Trends also found that there is a strong interest in using leverage to invest.
Monday, 19/11/2018 | 07:11 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

ThinkMarkets Expands CFD Offering, Adds Global Equities

  • The broker now facilitates trading in equity derivatives contracts from North America, Europe, and Asia financial markets.
Wednesday, 14/11/2018 | 12:58 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

GO Markets Joins oneZero Ecosystem to Expand eFX Offering

  • The Australian broker is the second firm to reveal a partnership with oneZero’s liquidity ecosystem.
Tuesday, 13/11/2018 | 10:37 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

Australian Retail Investment Sentiment Falls to All-Time Lows in October

  • Aussie investors are particularly worried about geopolitical events, such as the current US Government.
Monday, 05/11/2018 | 07:07 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

Aussie Dollar Stablecoin Announced in Las Vegas

  • The cryptocurrency will be the Stellar blockchain's first fiat-backed cryptocurrency. .
Wednesday, 24/10/2018 | 09:17 GMT by Simon Golstein
Brokers

Admiral Markets Australia Implements Negative Balance Policy

  • Negative balance protection is not a regulatory requirement for retail clients in Australia.
Friday, 19/10/2018 | 09:01 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

ASIC Cancels Direct FX's Financial Licence due to Compliance Failures

  • The regulator originally suspended Direct FX’s licence on April 17, 2018, for a period of six months.
Thursday, 18/10/2018 | 08:25 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

ASIC Flags Unauthorized Forex Firm HBC Broker

  • Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority also warned consumers against the company in 2017.
Tuesday, 09/10/2018 | 06:20 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Innovation

Binance to Invest $2.5 Million in Aussie Startup TravelbyBit

  • The two will work towards introducing a POS payment system using blockchain technology for large international airports.
Wednesday, 03/10/2018 | 12:10 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Executive Moves

ASX Names Gillian Larkins as Chief Financial Officer

  • Larkins will be replacing Ramy Aziz who announced his plans to retire back in June.
Wednesday, 03/10/2018 | 06:57 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

Next Headache for Aussie Brokers? Consumer Watchdog Looks into FX Services

  • The ACCC will examine why major companies in the country are able to consistently charge high prices for currency conversion.
Tuesday, 02/10/2018 | 07:18 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Payments

iSignthis Raises $10 Million from Institutional Share Placement

  • The shares were bought by a number of wholesale and sophisticated investors at a price of AU$0.145 per share.
Monday, 01/10/2018 | 10:18 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Technology

Centroid Solutions Ventures into Australian Market

  • The company is offering risk management, connectivity, aggregation, and regulatory reporting software
Thursday, 27/09/2018 | 06:29 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Executive Moves

LCH Appoints Kate Birchall as Head of Asia Pacific

  • Birchall will be based in Sydney and will report to Martin Pluves, the CEO of LCH Ltd.
Monday, 24/09/2018 | 10:18 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Executive Moves

IC Markets Secures Theodora Loukaidi as Finance Manager

  • Loukaidi joins the firm from iCFD where she was CFO.
Monday, 24/09/2018 | 05:58 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

NEX Launches OTC Derivatives Trading Solution for ASIC Reporting

  • The solution helps firms based or trading in Australia to meet ASIC's OTC derivatives trade reporting requirements.
Thursday, 13/09/2018 | 06:14 GMT by Celeste Skinner
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