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Macquarie to pay Shield victims in full

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
Macquarie is heading to court with ASIC over its role in the Shield Master Fund collapse but has committed to reimbursing investors' retirement savings by September 30. ASIC commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Macquarie Investment ...

GIM director slapped with travel restraints

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... money back were unsuccessful." Gold Coast-based Geddes took over GIM Trading from Stephen Cubis in late October. The Federal Court's travel restraint orders expire on 16 March 2026. Meantime, Healthbridge Capital investors have been locked out of their ...

Former Income Asset Management staffer embezzles $1.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... ASX-listed firm has now sought orders to preserve assets and obtain information to support its investigation from the Federal Court. "The matter has been referred to the relevant authorities including ASIC and AUSTRAC, and a complaint has been lodged ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
The Federal Court has disqualified Queensland-based director David Hodgson from managing corporations for five years and permanently restrained him from engaging in financial services without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). This comes ...

ASIC sets sights on 140 advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
ASIC deputy commissioner Sarah Court told a parliamentary committee this morning that the regulator has identified around 140 financial advisers who were involved in super switching misconduct relating or similar to Shield and First Guardian. "We had ...

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... replacement, and failed to listen to warnings over market outages. According to the concise statement filed in the Federal Court, seen and reported by the Australian Financial Review, Halstead is accusing Lofthouse of being "frequently passive-aggressive ...

Supply and demand dynamics shift PE secondaries landscape: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
Private equity secondaries transactions are ramping up, as investors are consciously seeking external fund managers for their expertise in navigating changing conditions. bfinance's Sector in Brief: Private Equity Secondaries report noted that both ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... Pension and Market Services, have been slammed for several death benefit processing failures. Taking Cbus to the Federal Court last November, ASIC alleged about 10,000 members have faced severe delays while some were left waiting more than 12 months ...

AMP settles class action for $120m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... during the Hayne Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The Federal Court later ordered the consolidation of two separate proceedings into a single class action, jointly run by Maurice Blackburn ...

Court extends freezing orders on First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
The Federal Court extended orders freezing the bank accounts of First Mutual Private Equity (FMPE) and its sole director Gregory Raymond Cotton, saying it believes investors' funds were used for gambling purposes. The orders were first made on August ...