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Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... James Mawhinney has been banned from receiving or soliciting funds related to financial products for 15 years after the Federal Court determined he had a "cavalier attitude to compliance" and was "reckless" in operating his business. Last Friday, Justice ...

Perth man found guilty of $34m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... enabled or aided Chris Marco to defraud more than $29.5 million from six investors. The criminal charges followed earlier Federal Court proceedings taken by ASIC against Marco and the company previously run by him, AMS Holdings (WA). In those proceedings ...

ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
ASIC is persevering in its crusade against Block Earner with the Federal Court granting a special leave to appeal an April decision that found that an AFSL was not necessary to offer a fixed-yield digital asset-related product. ASIC said its appeal ...

Two CBA class action appeals dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has defeated the appeals from the Zonia and Baron shareholder class actions in the Federal Court. The Full Court concluded that the appellants did not prove any loss, and there was no award of damages. The two class actions related ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... optic cable expert Jim Hayes described it as "irrational exuberance" fuelling the Dotcom boom, a phrase coined by former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan. "During the boom years (between 1995 and 2000), perhaps as much as US$2 trillion was spent ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... Cameron McCormack said the GDP print was "hotter" than expected but said there are still challenges facing the economy. "The federal government still has a challenge on its hands regarding low productivity growth, with private business investment benign. ...

Schroder urges 'open dialogue' with government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... be a "willing buyer, at the right time and the right price." "This is a natural evolution of a process that state and federal governments have used many times in this country," he said. "The assets are created and built with the knowledge that one day ...

ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... Master Fund and Shield Master Fund that has put more than $520 million on the line. ASIC said it sought leave from the Federal Court to expand its existing proceeding against Merhi to "allege he engaged in unconscionable conduct, failed to act in the ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... committee was supposed to deliver its report by the last sitting day in March, but the inquiry lapsed as a result of the federal election being called. Earlier this week, the committee advised the Senate it would not seek re-adoption of the inquiry and ...

Future Group calls on super funds to push for bold emissions target

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Ahead of the federal government deciding on its 2035 emissions target, Future Group has called for a 75% reduction on 2005 levels, which it said could unlock $20 billion a year in capital investment. New scenario analysis from Deloitte Access Economics ...