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Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... Looking at a 10-year performance period, Active Super achieved the highest returns at 8.5%, even amid Federal Court proceedings from ASIC over allegations of greenwashing. Aware Super's High Growth strategy and Hostplus' Balanced option also ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... relating to scamming in the half year to 31 December 2023. It also launched 83 new investigations, commenced 19 new civil proceedings, criminally charged 19 individuals, and completed nearly 350 surveillances. "Cost of living issues mean more Australians ...

ASIC files lawsuit against unlicensed director, companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... into handing over $100 million to invest in companies he owned without a financial services licence. ASIC commenced proceedings in the Federal Court on Wednesday, alleging David Paul Hodgson of the Sunshine Coast provided unlicensed financial services ...

Crypto fintech needed AFSL, court says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... ASIC explained. The Earner product was discontinued in November 2022, just eight months after its launch, when the proceedings were first lodged by ASIC. ASIC viewed it as a 'test case', testing the applicability of existing financial services laws to ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... some superannuation are failing to meet basic member service standards. Notably, ASIC has initiated civil penalty proceedings against TelstraSuper for not meeting internal dispute resolution standards, alleging the corporate fund failed to adequately ...

Westpac loses Ausgrid rate swap case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... consortium's acquisition of a majority stake in Ausgrid, purchased from the NSW government. In May 2021, ASIC commenced civil proceedings against Westpac for insider trading, unconscionable conduct, and breaches of its obligations as an AFSL. With the ...

ASIC files contempt orders against repeat offender

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... 2018, and the company was fined $9 million. ASIC called the Financial Circle case a "sequel" to the WRM [injunction] proceedings of 2017. The current matter has not yet been listed for its first appearance in the Federal Court.

Penta Capital fined for fabricated FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... infringement notices. "If Penta does not pay the remaining instalments ASIC may further investigate and file civil penalty proceedings," ASIC said. ASIC clarified that Penta Capital "is not an Australian financial services licensee or authorised representative". ...

ASIC takes action on EverBlu, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against Adam Blumenthal, the director of investment bank EverBlu Capital, for alleged market rigging and failing in his duties as a director to manage conflicts of interest. The case will also look at Blumenthal's ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... AMP Limited and subsidiaries, including AMP Services, NM Super, AMP Super, and AWM Services, were served with legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales by Munich Re in April 2023. The proceedings regard the manner in which both Munich ...