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August 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans NSW financial adviser for three years

ASIC announced that it has banned a Sydney-based financial adviser, Tarandeep Aujla, because he failed to act in his clients’ best interests. Aujla was an authorised representative of Australian financial services (AFS) licensees Infocus Securities Australia and Chaucer Group. ASIC has found that Aujla did not obtain adequate information from clients about their personal circumstances…

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May 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Kaz Capital financial adviser banned for 6 years

Australian regulator ASIC informed the public today of its decision to ban Mr David Stephen Cornford of Centennial Park, New South Wales, from providing financial services for a period of 6 years. Cornford was employed as an adviser at Kaz Capital Pty Ltd between 2014 and 2017. According to the regulator, Cornford was: buying and…

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February 26, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans Foster Stockbroking director for 3 years

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today issued a statement banning Mark Joseph Hinsley from working in the financial services industry for a period of three years. This is the second ban issued by the Australian regulator this week. Hinsley was a director at Foster Stockbroking Pty Ltd (FSB) where he headed the investment…

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February 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Matthew McCrow, director at Jade Capital Partners, banned by ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced that it has banned Matthew McCrow from working in the financial services industry for five years starting 15 January 2019. McCrow was a director at Jade Capital Partners, an Australian investment company that provided managed discretionary account (MDA) products to its clients, whose license was cancelled…

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January 31, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Jade Capital Partners' AFS license cancelled, one director banned for 4 years

Australian regulator ASIC has just announced that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) license of Sydney-based Jade Capital Partners Pty Ltd. The regulator has also banned one of the company's directors, James Clinnick, from providing financial services for a period of four years. ASIC uncovered a non-compliance with financial services laws at Jade…

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November 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans former director of AGM Markets for 8 years

Australian regulator ASIC has announced that it has banned Yossef Ashkenazi, also known as Yossi Ashkenazi, of Caulfield South, Victoria, from providing financial services for a period of eight years. On 5 November 2018, ASIC cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) license of the retail OTC derivative issuer, AGM Markets Pty Ltd (AGM). ASIC found…

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November 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans former Perth financial services representative

Australian regulator ASIC has just announced that it has permanently banned Mr Craig James Wilson from providing financial services and engaging in credit activities, after he was convicted by the District Court of Western Australia for four counts of stealing. Between 25 October 2017 and 23 January 2018, four of Mr Wilson’s clients received payments…

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October 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC bans Spectrum Wealth financial adviser for three years

Spectrum Wealth Adviser, Gurumukh Singh Mehra, has been banned from providing financial services for a period of three years, after ASIC surveillance showed he failed to act in his clients’ best interests, the Australian regulator informed earlier today. Through ASIC’s surveillance of life insurance advice, it was found Mr Mehra had failed to: make reasonable…

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October 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC permanently bans another former NAB branch manager

An ongoing ASIC investigation has resulted in the permanent banning of former National Australia Bank (NAB) branch manager Mathew Alwan from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services. The ban is the result of an extensive ASIC investigation in respect of NAB employees in greater western Sydney who were accepting false documents in support…

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