News Articles for Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Construction and development firm Diploma Group has been fined by the corporate watchdog for failing to comply with its continuous disclosure obligations.

Jane Gouvernet has been appointed acting regional commissioner for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in WA, following the retirement of long-standing commissioner Bruce Dodd.

The corporate watchdog has issued fines to two Perth miners for failing to comply with their obligations.

Perth auditor Kevin Somes has been reappointed as chairman of Subiaco-based Great Western Exploration after he was acquitted of charges brought against him by the corporate watchdog.

West Perth-based financial planning firm Chambers Investment Planners has had its financial services licence cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission after entering voluntary administration.

Former Compass Hotel Group chief executive Bryan Northcote has been convicted on breaches of director's duties and submitting false information to the corporate regulator.

Crowdfunding is becoming more common as traditional forms of capital investment tighten.

The managing director of collapsed Perth building firm Gavin Construction made an unsuccessful last-ditch bid to recover a failed Karratha laundry project just weeks before appointing administrator

A Perth-based businessman has pleaded guilty to insider trading relating to the takeover of MacArthur Coal by US-based Peabody Energy Corporation in 2011.

Perth-based insurance broker John Barr has been banned permanently from providing insurance for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct, potentially exposing clients to up to $40 million in lo

The corporate regulator is looking at a proposal to relieve greyhound racing and breeding syndicates from Corporations Act provisions which may be too onerous for the small-scale nature of these in

A Perth based mortgage broker has been permantely banned from practising after he falsified a letter stating finance approval had been provided for a client, the Australian Securities and Investmen

Australia's corporate regulator has banned a WA-based investment adviser for three years for market rigging.

THE Australian Securities Dealers Association has criticised new Commonwealth regulations that prevent 450 financial service businesses from paying standard brokerage fees to their advisers.