FSR Update: 20 November 2008

Training register deadline approaches
PDS notifications to be lodged online from 1 January 2009
Relief for warrant issuers from out-of-use notice provisions
Decisions on applications for relief
Summer School to examine global financial crisis

Training register deadline approaches

We are reminding course providers and authorised assessors of the 1 December 2008 deadline to re-register training courses and assessment services.

This deadline applies to courses and services that were registered on the Training Register before 1 December 2007.

Courses that are not re-registered by the deadline will be removed from the register.

Find out more

PDS notifications to be lodged online from 1 January 2009

From 1 January 2009, notifications to us about a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) will need to be made online.

The following forms will be made available through our online portals:

FS88 - PDS in-use notice
FS89 - Notice of change to fees and charges in a PDS
FS90 - Notice that a product in a PDS has ceased to be available.

Find out more about making these notifications

Relief for warrant issuers from out-of-use notice provisions

We have announced class order relief to issuers of warrants offered under a PDS or Supplementary PDS covering two or more warrant products.

Find out more about this relief

Decisions on applications for relief

We have released a report outlining our recent decisions on applications for relief from the corporate finance, financial services and managed investment provisions of the Corporations Act between 1 April and 31 July 2008.

Download the report
Read our advisory

Summer School to examine global financial crisis

ASIC Summer School 2009 will provide in-depth analysis about the global financial crisis and what's next for financial markets.

It will be held on 2 and 3 March 2009 at the Hilton in Sydney. Registration will open in late November.

Keep an eye on our website for further details as they become available:
www.asic.gov.au/summerschool

ASIC Website: Printed 07/04/2009

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