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Aussie at center of international scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... surrender his foreign real estate interests, including his ownership shares of resorts in Fiji and Costa Rica, to MOBE's court-appointed. The proposed order would also permanently ban McPhee from selling business coaching programs and investment opportunities. ...

IOOF restructures leadership team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... launching action against the firm. The law firm conducted an investigation into misconduct which saw it obtain a Federal Court order for IOOF to produce documents related to the alleged misconduct. "IOOF shareholders have repeatedly seen the value of ...

Court punishes OTC derivative issuers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... account managers to pressure retail investors into purchasing products which lost investors more than $30 million. The Federal Court has found that AGM Markets, OT Markets, and Ozifin Tech engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct while providing derivative ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... Hayne are still being looked into by the corporate regulator. "We will continue to put other cases of misconduct before the court, applying our 'Why not litigate?' approach to effectively deter similar, new or emerging forms of misconduct across the ...

Analyst guilty of insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Abbott has pleaded guilty to five counts of insider trading. Michael Ho entered the guilty plea in Downing Center Local Court in relation to the purchase and sale of Big Un shares and options between 18 July 2016 and 10 February 2018. ASIC said Ho, and ...

IOOF faces new class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... behalf of shareholders. Shine Lawyers conducted an investigation into misconduct at IOOF which included obtaining a Federal Court order for IOOF to produce documents relevant to the alleged misconduct. "IOOF shareholders have repeatedly seen the value ...

SMSF property adviser pleads guilty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... Developments, formerly Charterhill, entered the guilty plea during the third week of his criminal trial in the District Court of South Australia. ASIC announced in February 2014 it had made an application to the Federal Court in Adelaide, which froze ...

Former AMP, Synchron adviser charged

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... the 11 years of Dick's alleged dishonest use of client's funds. The matter was brought before the Townsville Magistrates Court on February 10, where Dick was granted bail but order to surrender his passport. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register ...

Westpac forks out $80m for AUSTRAC scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... along with the subsequent class actions and regulatory investigations. In November last year AUSTRAC applied to the Federal Court seeking civil penalty order against Westpac relating to "systematic" non-compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
A JPMorgan executive has told the court that there was an agreement between JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup to withhold ANZ shares from the market. Speaking to the court for the ongoing case surrounding the $2.5 billion ANZ share sale, ex-JPMorgan ...