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ASIC targets binary options mobile apps, Apple, Google remove them

By Henry Hughes

August 1, 2017

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced it has found 330 mobile binary options apps offered by unlicensed entities being offered to Australians. Of them 63% were trading ...

Australia’s ASIC fines SynergyFX for misleading advertising

By Henry Hughes

June 9, 2017

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Australia’s financial markets and services providers regulator, the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) said it has fined Synergy Financial Markets Pty Ltd the owner of the forex ...

ASIC warns of Trade12 forex broker

By Henry Hughes

June 6, 2017

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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has added the Estonia-based forex broker Trade12 to its warning list of unlicensed entities. According to the regulator, the company may ...

Australia’s ASIC cancels license of GallopFX

By Henry Hughes

May 29, 2017

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Australia’s financial markets and service providers regulator Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced it has canceled the local license of the owner of the forex broker GallopFX, ...

Australians lost AUD 11.5 mln to investment scams, mostly in binary options

By Henry Hughes

May 15, 2017

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Investment schemes scams brought the greatest losses to Australians, after romance and dating scams, reveals the 2016 report of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the ...

Australia to set up new financial EDR body

By Henry Hughes

May 12, 2017

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The Australian government is planning to set up a one-stop-shop external dispute resolution (EDR) body for all financial service providers in the country. It should be established by ...

ASIC warns of binary options brokers 365BinaryOption, CFDStocks, AAoption

By Henry Hughes

May 10, 2017

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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has updated its list of unlicensed companies with two binary options brokers: 365BinaryOption and CFDStocks, also known as Pacific Sunrise UK ...

Australia’s ASIC forms Financial Advisers Consultative Committee

By Juana Wells

March 29, 2017

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Australia’s financial services authority, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), has established a Financial Advisers Consultative Committee (FACC) which to improve the existing industry engagement with the authority ...

ASIC warns Binary Uno binary options broker may be a scam

By Henry Hughes

March 3, 2017

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Australia’s financial services provider regulator, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning against the unregulated binary options broker Binary Uno. In a post on ...

Australia’s ASIC warns against non-authorized binary options broker Magnum Options

By Juana Wells

January 16, 2017

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Binary options broker Magnum Options, aka Hampshire Capital Ventures Ltd., operates in Australia without having the proper authorization, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said through its ...

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