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Court finds CFD issuers engaged in 'unconscionable conduct'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Federal Court has found that collapsed contracts for difference (CFD) issuer, Union Standard International Group (USG) and two of its former corporate authorised representatives, BrightAU Capital (trading as TradeFred) and Maxi EFX Global AU (trading ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... impacting the entire business. At the time the super fund was assured disgruntled members it is not the result of a data breach. The $135 billion super fund's online systems were disrupted for more than a week, with its 665,000 members unable to ...

Crypto operator to fork out millions after court ruling

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... pointed out that Bit Trade continued offering the product, despite knowing or having ought to have known, it was likely in breach of the law. "... Bit Trade's contraventions were serious and motivated by a desire to maximise revenue," he said. ASIC ...

MLC trustees to pay $65m in MySuper class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
MLC will pay close to $65 million to settle a class action that alleged it delayed transferring more than 300,000 members to cheaper MySuper options. Maurice Blackburn has today advised it reached a settlement with MLC Super Fund, NULIS Nominees and ...

More work to do on reportable situations compliance, ASIC says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... models and compliance measures, this is very low. It suggests deficiencies in incident identification, which in turn affects breach identification," ASIC said. It also found deficiencies in licensees' incident management, namely how they identified ...

Adviser suspended over wrongful use of ROAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
A Matrix Planning Solutions adviser is suspended from providing advice for the next three months after failing to supply Statements of Advice (SOAs) where required. Ian Reid, the principal adviser at Temora's A&B Financial Planning, was suspended for ...

HESTA to pay members impacted by COVID revaluations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
HESTA has agreed to make payments to two cohorts of members impacted by valuation decisions made by the fund in March 2020. APRA said in March 2020, HESTA made downwards adjustments to five single sector Choice options invested in unlisted assets but ...

ASX files defence against ASIC proceedings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The ASX has provided an update on its defence against the legal proceedings filed against it by ASIC over its handling of the CHESS replacement project. The ASX filed a Concise Statement in response to the proceedings brought by ASIC in the Federal ...

Second bidder enters SelfWealth takeover talks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The proposed takeover of SelfWealth heats up as AxiCorp Financial Services attempts to ensnare the trading platform from Bell Financial Group (BFG). AxiCorp has lobbed a bid of 23 cents per SelfWealth share, one cent more than what BFG proposed on Wednesday. ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... monitor the ongoing performance of service providers; and will appropriately deal with any actions by service providers that breach service level agreements or obligations as a licensee," ASIC said in a statement to Financial Standard. "We recognise ...