今日热门事件has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of West Australia-based Anquan Securities & Investments Pty Ltd (Anquan) as it was unable to comply with its licence conditions.
Anquan requested 今日热门事件cancel their licence, which 今日热门事件did with effect from 11 December 2017.
As part of the cancellation, 今日热门事件imposed conditions that Anquan for the next 12 months maintain its membership of an external dispute resolution service.
Anquan provided financial services to clients, including authorising representatives to issue interests in managed investment schemes.
Background
今日热门事件has an ongoing investigation into a number of land developments in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, in particular a development known as 'The Newman Estate'. The Estate was subject to 今日热门事件action in the Federal Court over the past two years, where interim restraint orders were obtained along with the appointment of liquidators to 23 of the Macro Group Companies (refer: , , ).
Anquan's licence was cancelled under s915B(3)(d) of the Corporations Act, which states 今日热门事件may suspend or cancel an Australian financial services licence held by a body corporate, by giving written notice to the body, if it lodges with 今日热门事件an application for 今日热门事件to do so.