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AMP fined $24m for charging deceased customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
The Federal Court found AMP guilty of charging deceased customers life insurance premiums and advice fees, ordering it to pay $24 million in penalties. Justice Hespe today determined that four AMP subsidiaries - AMP Life, AMP Financial Planning, AMP ...

HCF Life under ASIC surveillance

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
The regulator has started civil proceedings in the Federal Court against the insurer after alleging it issued three types of insurance policies containing unfair and misleading contract terms. ASIC said the case involves standard form contracts issued ...

Class action commenced against IG Markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... further alleges that the company marketed and facilitated the trading of complex CFDs to inexperienced investors. "The Federal Court of Australia has described these products as "financial heroin hits" in the hands of unsophisticated retail investors," ...

Another round of consultation for veteran super taxation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... 2022, the government introduced legislation aimed at ensuring no veteran pays higher income taxes as a result of the Federal Court decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas (Douglas decision). The Douglas decision found that certain veterans' ...

Ascent Investment ordered into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
The Federal Court has ordered Ascent Investment and Coaching to be wound up following ASIC's investigation into a $149 million Ponzi scheme. ASIC froze the assets of Ascent and its director Michael Dunjey in late December 2021. Dunjey was also forced ...

High Court rejects Mayfair 101 plea

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... 101's James Mawhinney has seen his High Court appeal rejected, allowing ASIC's case against him to be retried in the Federal Court. In October 2022, the Full Federal Court ordered a retrial after it found ASIC's original case against Mawhinney lacked ...

Finfluencer barred from running online advice business

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
The Federal Court has said Tyson Scholz, otherwise known as ASX Wolf, cannot continue his online business, with permanent injunctions placed on the finfluencer. Late last year, the Court found Scholz had contravened s911A of the Corporations Act by ...

Linchpin, Endeavour directors found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The Federal Court has determined that four current and former directors of the now defunct Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities breached their duties and didn't serve investors' best interests. The court found that, between 2015 and ...

BT to wind up Retirement Wrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... account numbers, features and functionality, she added. Asgard Independence Plan Division Two was the subject of Federal Court proceedings brought by ASIC over insurance premiums that were charged to close to 10,000 members, through to 2020. The issue ...

Court fines ANZ for dodgy introducer program

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... copped a $10 million penalty for its home loan referral program that breached consumer credit protection laws. The Federal Court found that the bank's Home Loan Introducer Program enabled unlicensed third parties to refer customers to ANZ for loans. ...