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Court fines ANZ for dodgy introducer program

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
ANZ has 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 ...

Mining company shares manipulator sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... push Quantum shares to a pre-determined price alongside former Quantum director Avrohom Kimelman and consultant Benjamin Cooper. They used an online group chat to coordinate trades in the shares with the purpose of inflating their price and encouraging ...

Inflation remains high priority in 2023: Treasurer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Battling inflation will be the main economic focus for the government this year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlined the government's "major priorities" during his address at the Chifley Research Centre Conference on Sunday and said its going to be a big ...

More DASS complainants flock to AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
The number of Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services complainants continues to grow as more former clients have come forward to the financial complaints body for potential compensation. The number of complainants has grown by about 100 to 1700 as ...

Adviser sentenced over accessing client accounts

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
Former financial adviser John Wertheimer has been convicted and sentenced for making unauthorised client transactions on the Netwealth platform. Specifically, Wertheimer was convicted on one count of providing a financial service on behalf of a person ...

Court ruling reiterates need to comply with AFCA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
A court ruling has reaffirmed that financial institutions must cooperate with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) or face penalties. The ruling came in a case ASIC brought against home finance companies, General Commercial and Eden ...

Perpetual, Pendal finalise merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... Perpetual independent non-executive director Craig Ueland will retire, effective tomorrow. Non-executive director Greg Cooper will replace Ueland as chair of the board's investment committee. Today's ASX announcement did not mention the appointment ...

Fraudsters jailed over international crypto scam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
Four people have been jailed in the UK over a $37 million fraud carried out on an Australian cryptocurrency exchange five years ago. The UK's Crime Prosecution Service (CPS) said Stephen William Boys, Kelly Caton, Jordan Kane Robinson and James Austin-Beddoes ...

Market manipulator sentenced

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
Benjamin Cooper has been sentenced for conspiring to manipulate the share price of Quantum Resources, now known as Nova Minerals Limited. Cooper was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, to be released immediately after paying $6000 and undertaking a ...

Regional commercial real estate to run hot: REIA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
Regional commercial real estate is at the top of the list for key investment opportunities in 2023, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA)'s inaugural State of the Industry Report. The report, which was conducted alongside commercial ...