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ASIC takes Linchpin, Endeavour directors to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... the current proceedings that each of the defendants were personally involved in conduct that contravened the Corporations Act. ASIC further alleges that the defendants failed to act in the best interests of investors in the fund. And, the regulator alleges ...

Financial services laws under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... government has asked the ALRC to inquire into the potential simplification of laws, namely provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Cth), among other legislative instruments. There are three key focuses of ...

ASIC reinforces power to obtain documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... forex/derivatives trader subject to an ongoing investigation into suspected contraventions of the ASIC Act 2001 and the Corporations Act 2001. Maxi EFX failed to produce certain documents required under the notice, arguing that the notice was unclear ...

NAB fined over fees for no service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... deceptive and false or misleading representations, as well as consequential breaches of the ASIC Act and the Corporations Act. NULIS and MLC ceased charging the plan service fees in November in 2018 and affected members have been compensated with a total ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Financial, a former subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia after contravening its obligations under the Corporations Act. The proceedings filed by Piper Alderman in the Federal Court of Australia relate to commissions paid to Count Financial and ...

SMSF member increase bill reintroduced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... superannuation (SMSF) members from four to six has been reintroduced in the Senate. The bill amends the SIS Act, Corporations Act, ITAA 1997 and Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999 and allows larger families to have one SMSF rather ...

ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... group's disclosure of the matters, while investigations into whether directors of the bank had complied with the Corporations Act had also been dropped. In August 2017, AUSTRAC alleged the bank had contravened the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism ...

ASIC takes action against RI Advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... resources to manage cyber security risk. ASIC is seeking declarations that RI Advice contravened provisions of the Corporations Act, orders that RI Advice pay a civil penalty and compliance orders so that the group will have to implement appropriate ...

ASIC winds up illegal land banking scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... related to the purchase of land at Lot 2, 615 Hume Highway in Beveridge, Victoria, was not registered under the Corporations Act and subsequently has been ordered to be wound up. The decision comes after ASIC alleged that Askk raised more than $11 million ...

AMP, CBA, Westpac face potential class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... do not face the same regulatory scrutiny and accountability as other financial services and products under the Corporations Act."