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ANZ breached disclosure laws in 2015 raise: Court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's criminal case against ANZ and its underwriters last year. Federal Court Justice Moshinsky said that if the information had been disclosed by ANZ, persons who commonly invest in securities would have held ...

Provide Capital ordered to produce documents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... Provide has produced redacted copies of certain documents in response to the notice without being entitled to so redact." Justice Michael O'Bryan noted that the evidence demonstrated a history of delay and obfuscation on the part of Provide in complying ...

AMP challenges BOLR court ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... businesses slashed by 40%. AMP filed a Notice of Appeal in the Federal Court yesterday, challenging the decision handed down by Justice Mark Moshinsky on July 5. Based on solid evidence, Justice Moshinsky found that Equity Financial Planners and Wealthstone ...

Former adviser lands in jail

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... September 2019 after Western Australian police charged him with eight counts of stealing at the time. On September 22, Justice Lonsdale charged Sebo with 36 counts of stealing from clients' accounts. "I find that the offending was not just opportunistic. ...

NextGen Financial Group forced into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... after accepting the order on 24 November 2022, but did not. The trustee took the case to Federal Court and on July 12, Justice O'Callaghan sided with WJ & V Drakoulis Super based on the "simple and incontrovertible fact" that the sum of $270,523.67 ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... the law - laws that apply to everyone, no matter who you are. That's why Joe Lewis has been indicted and will face justice here in the southern district of New York." The companies included Australian Agricultural Co (AAC), of which Lewis owns more ...

AMP loses BOLR changes class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... Planning who challenged AMP's decision in 2019 to slash BOLR business valuations from 4x recurring revenue to just 2.5x. Justice Moshinsky found evidence of losses incurred by the lead applicant, Equity Financial Planners, and sample group member ...

Life, funeral insurers cop $14m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... $23 million in 2021. Together with Insurance Marketing Services (IMS), the three companies were fined $13.5 million by Justice Abraham. "High pressure tactics were applied. Sales tactics were used to overbear the free will of consumers. Having made the ...

Labor advances super performance test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... the Financial Services Council chief executive Blake Briggs said. Briggs believes the government's pursuit of "rough justice for underperforming investment options" risks consumers becoming "collateral damage". "Issues with the chosen methodology ...

Perth-based Ponzi scheme shut down by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... losses are going to be in the millions of dollars and are likely to impact on the retirement savings of many individuals," Justice Jackson said. Meanwhile, ASIC executive director financial services enforcement Tim Mullaly said: "ASIC is actively engaging ...