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17 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-061MR ASIC fines Chapter Two Holdings for misrepresenting debt management outcomes offered to consumers

ASIC has issued two infringement notices totalling $37,560 to debt management company Chapter Two Holdings Pty Ltd for alleged misleading statements ...

16 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-060MR Federal Court finds Green County and Max Funding engaged in unlicensed lending practices

The Federal Court has found that business lender Green County Pty Ltd and business loan introducer Max Funding Pty Ltd engaged in unlicensed credit ...

14 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-059MR ASIC suspends AFS licence following change of ownership

ASIC has suspended Australian financial services (AFS) licence number 239 946, held by Beacon Wealth Pty Ltd, until 7 April 2026. The AFS licence was ...

14 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-058MR ASIC sues WA gold mining company Wiluna Mining Corporation for continuous disclosure and directors’ duties breaches

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Wiluna Mining Corporation, its former chair Milan Jerkovic and former chief ...

11 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-057MR ASIC sues Hollard Insurance alleging serious claim handling failures

An insurance claim that Hollard Insurance took nearly three and a half years to resolve is at the centre of a new Federal Court proceeding brought by ...

10 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-056MR Former Gold Coast property developer Michael Steele pleads guilty to fraud

Former Gold Coast property developer Michael Steele has pleaded guilty to four rolled-up counts of fraud having misappropriated over $1.3 million of ...

10 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-055MR Court orders Falcon Capital and the First Guardian Master Fund to be wound up

The Federal Court has appointed Ross Blakeley and Paul Harlond of FTI Consulting as liquidators (Liquidators) of Falcon Capital Limited (Falcon) and ...

10 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-054MR ASIC consults on plan to increase visibility of firms’ breach and complaints data

As part of its commitment to enhance transparency and accountability, ASIC is consulting on plans to publish two dashboards containing firm-level ...

8 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-053MR Advice licensees pay penalty for authorising advisers who gave advice while unregistered

In February 2025, ASIC issued infringement notices to three AFS licensees whose financial advisers provided personal advice while unregistered. ...

7 April 2025 MEDIA RELEASE
25-052MR ASIC warns of threat from “hydra-like” scammers after obtaining court orders to shut down 95 companies

ASIC is warning consumers to remain vigilant when engaging with online investment websites and mobile applications after successfully applying to ...

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