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Blockchain mining companies sued by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
ASIC has taken legal action against three blockchain mining companies - NGS Crypto, NGS Digital, and NGS Group - along with their sole directors Brett Mendham, Ryan Brown and Mark Ten Caten. The corporate regulator has accused the NGS companies of targeting ...

ESSSuper faces class action threat over unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... to include my allowances under the defined benefit scheme." "I worked for over 45 years and to now be forced into legal action so I can retire is devastating." RTBU branch secretary Vik Sharma reinforced the union's commitment to ensuring that members ...

AFCA flags legal uncertainty on SMSF wholesale test

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... was wrong, but it did say that there was legal uncertainty in the area and that it wasn't going to be taking legal action itself to enforce that," she said. "ASIC did note however, that that didn't eliminate legal risks for financial firms who ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... goals and activities, even if they are well intentioned or plausible, to avoid threats of tarnished reputations and legal action. "There is a need for clear, updated guidance from the regulator or accounting bodies as to what constitutes 'reasonable ...

ASIC takes legal action against crypto exchange

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against Bit Trade, provider of crypto exchange Kraken, following alleged failures to adhere to design and distribution obligations for margin products offered to Australian customers. Since the introduction ...

Munich Re targets AMP over alleged reinsurance misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
AMP is facing legal action from global reinsurer Munich Re over potentially deceptive practices in past reinsurance arrangements. In a disclosure nestled within AMP's recent half-year results, it was revealed that AMP Limited and its subsidiaries, including ...

ASIC sues debt management firm, director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... the debt management business Solve My Debt Now, following concerns of substantial consumer harm. It has also taken legal action against Bakken's director and co-owner Merrilyn Mansfield. ASIC has alleged that between April 2020 to June 2022, Solve My ...

AMP loses BOLR changes class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... time. "For many of them, it's been both physically and emotionally exhausting. Unfortunately, the reality is any legal action takes time and that's problematic for small business owners." In 2021, ASIC and the Commonwealth Director of Public ...

New laws to end unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023
... enable workers not covered by a modern award or enterprise agreement containing superannuation rights to take direct legal action for the recovery of unpaid super. "Superannuation theft undermines the efforts of Australian workers to build a financially ...

Link Fund Solutions hit with further legal action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
Link Fund Solutions is the subject of a new group action in England related to the now infamous Woodford fund failure. Law firm Leigh Day has served the action after it and another firm, Harcus Parker, had applications for a Group Litigation Order regarding ...
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