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ASIC permanently bans adviser who stole client funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... any entities that carry on a financial services business, and performing any function within a financial services business. ASIC said he is not a fit and proper person to provide financial services. Between May 2017 and June 2022, Pagliaccio was found ...

ASIC extends intervention orders against predatory lenders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
ASIC has prolonged its product intervention orders for short-term and continuing credit contracts in a bid to protect vulnerable retail investors. The orders, which were first implemented in July 2022, will now be extended until 1 October 2032, or until ...

Zurich cleared by Federal Court in life insurance dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... faith by the Federal Court, in a case connected to OnePath Life's avoidance of an income protection policy. The case marks ASIC's first attempt to impose a civil penalty under s13 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth), a section that mandates insurers ...

Former director sentenced to over four years imprisonment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023
... extracting more than $550,000 from the company's accounts to purchase shares in a security company for his personal benefit. ASIC froze the assets of Naseeruddin's companies in 2019, and successfully obtained orders in 2020 to wind them up. "Investors ...

Federal Court appoints receivers to investigate Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... and its management of around $1 billion in client pension funds, with a mandate to report their findings to the court and ASIC within 42 days. The appointment of Smith and Kirman follows initial action taken by ASIC in October 2023 to obtain interim ...

Former adviser misled ASIC during investigation: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... A former Shaw and Partners financial adviser was charged with two counts of providing false or misleading information to ASIC during the regulator's investigation into his misconduct. Kristofer Ridgway allegedly provided false information during ...

ASIC takes action on EverBlu, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against Adam Blumenthal, the director of investment bank EverBlu Capital, for alleged market rigging and failing in his duties as a director to manage conflicts of interest. The case will also look at Blumenthal's ...

ASIC, APRA slam premium hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... underhandedly hiking premiums in a way that is misleading and fails to explain why they are rising, according to APRA and ASIC, warning that they will take regulatory action if practices do not improve. The regulators have reprimanded life insurers for ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... retirees or were approaching retirement. So, the timing of losing their super through their SMSF was regrettable," he said. ASIC and the Australian Taxation Office jointly regulate the SMSF sector; the ATO has the role of auditing SMSF auditors. Financial ...

Former AMP adviser banned by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
ASIC has prohibited former AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) adviser Darron Mink from providing financial services or engaging in credit activities for five years. Mink, who was also the sole director of Newcastle's Pinnacle Financial and Investment ...