ASIC regulation

Insolvency regulation – of the practitioners, and the regulators?

Revised 17.7.26 Insolvency practitioner regulation has had its annual review in the UK under a co-regulatory regime that Australia thought ...

Over $56 million in creditor claims; directors out for 5 years

An ASIC media release reports that “the husband-and-wife directors behind a group of collapsed agriculture businesses linked to a NSW ...

How were moneys stolen by a liquidator and a trustee?

Back in 2010 the criminal misconduct of a liquidator led to a Senate inquiry and a recommendation for a new ...

Insolvency practitioner regulation – 20++ adjournments later

The Paul Leroy former bankruptcy trustee “millions of dollars in missing funds” matter in the Federal Court continues, and continues, ...

Former liquidator – $2.5m – 4/2 years jail

The long awaited, and long, sentencing decision of 13 December 2024 in respect of former liquidator Peter Amos has now ...

A suspended liquidator’s reinstatement – a Kafkaesque journey?

ASIC Professional Registers Search Details A search of ASIC’s Professional Registers shows that Peter Macks is now registered by ASIC ...

Ariff and insolvency practitioner regulation

It is interesting to compare the rather muted reaction to millions of dollars missing from three insolvent estates in Sydney ...

Former liquidator sentenced to 4 years jail; ASIC yet to explain

ASIC reports that former registered liquidator Peter Andrew Amos was sentenced on 13 December 2024 in the District Court of ...