ASIC admits ongoing issues in CFD market as it comes under cultural pressure

ASIC admits ongoing issues in CFD market as it comes under cultural pressure

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was raked over the coals over its expenses scandal and its poor oversight of the financial derivatives market.

  • bySarah Danckert

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Australian accused of promoting alleged $US2.5b BitConnect Ponzi scheme charged

Australian accused of promoting alleged $US2.5b BitConnect Ponzi scheme charged

Australian man faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted on charges he misled investors in a massive cryptocurrency scheme.

  • bySarah Danckert
Calls for cigarette style warnings on high risk financial products

Calls for cigarette style warnings on high risk financial products

Calls for greater warnings comes as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg weighed in on the issue after reports alleged crime gangs had taken advantage of Australia's poor regulation.

  • bySarah Danckert
Binary options shape as gambling problem for ASIC
Editorial
Editorial

Binary options shape as gambling problem for ASIC

Too many people are ignoring the basic rule of investment:higher returns come with higher risks.

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Berndale exposed:fast money,fast cars and the Carlton Crew
Investigation
Investigation

Berndale exposed:fast money,fast cars and the Carlton Crew

Stavro D’Amore was selling financial products on the outer edge of respectability - and the company he kept also liked to live on the edge.

  • bySarah Danckert
Couple sold goods to pay for son’s cancer treatment but it was a lie

Couple sold goods to pay for son’s cancer treatment but it was a lie

The way Simone Wright and her husband,Paul Bennett,conned people out of thousands of dollars can hardly be described as sophisticated.

  • byMariné Lourens
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Sheffield United's Aussie sponsor stripped of licence after collapse

Sheffield United's Aussie sponsor stripped of licence after collapse

The English Premier League upstarts have distanced the club from the collapse but the administrator to Union Standard Group says the deal was through its Aussie arm.

  • bySarah Danckert
Businessmen duo hit with long bans over binary options scheme

Businessmen duo hit with long bans over binary options scheme

TitanTrade has come into the sights of regulators around the world. Now two local businessmen have been banned over their links to the trading site.

  • bySarah Danckert
Critical test for market regulators as bots run wild and short sellers smell blood

Critical test for market regulators as bots run wild and short sellers smell blood

Until there is certainty,the financial market rollercoaster ride will continue. It is why the regulators need to step up.

  • byAdele Ferguson
Short-seller Bonitas hits back at scathing court judgment

Short-seller Bonitas hits back at scathing court judgment

Texas-based shortseller Bonitas Research hit back at a scathing court judgement which found that it made false and misleading allegations against Rural Funds Group labelling the judgment"procedurally and substantively infirm."

  • byColin Kruger
ASIC win could be a blow to iSignthis,banks

ASIC win could be a blow to iSignthis,banks

A court has found companies providing services to vet customer information or to facilitate payments could be held responsible for their clients'breaches.

  • bySarah Danckert andColin Kruger