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OnePath cops $5m fine over fees for no service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... right to continue charging fees and failed to provide services to members efficiently. This led to a violation of the ASIC Act in connection with fees for no service misconduct. Agreed facts state that between December 2015 and November 2021, OnePath ...

AAT overturns ASIC ban on investment guru

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... "ASIC's actions are informed by the objectives of the legislative regimes it administers, and by the objects of the ASIC Act itself. I am informed by the same matters. I do not see how a banning order made under the Corporations Act or the NCCP Act ...

Provide Capital ordered to produce documents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... watchdog's surveillance in March last year, after concerns were raised that it breached both the Corporations Act 2001 and the ASIC Act. Court documents state that the alleged breach was connected to Provide's offering of investment opportunities ...

ASX profits hit by CHESS setbacks, acts on review findings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... program. The probe is examining whether ASX and its subsidiaries, along with its directors and officers, violated the ASIC Act 2001 and Corporations Act 2001. ASIC is focusing on the oversight of the program and the accuracy of statements and disclosures ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... provide benefits. The life insurer was penalised by the Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the Insurance Contracts Act between November 2015 and October 2018.

ASIC acts against illegal investment scheme operator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
ASIC is suing the operator of several unregistered managed investment schemes that, among other investors, targeted SMSF members. Sasha Hopkins, director of The A Team Property Group, is facing civil action for alleged unlicensed conduct and running ...

Adviser levy tripled, labelled "deeply unfair"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
The estimated ASIC levy for this financial year will see financial advisers slugged $3217, as the levy freeze comes to an end. Under the estimated levies released yesterday, the levy to be paid per adviser has almost tripled from the $1142 that it was ...

ALRC to simplify, restructure advice laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... rights and remedies available designed for their protection and benefit. Currently, consumer protections sit within the ASIC Act and scattered across other acts. If the ALRC's recommendation is implemented, the consumer protection chapter would be located ...

Investment fraud accomplice charged

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
The executive assistant of former Perth unlicensed investment scheme boss Chris Marco has been charged with 34 counts of enabling or aiding fraud. Linda Marissen appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court after it was alleged that she helped Marco defraud ...

Poor policy administration sees MLC Life pay $22m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... rehabilitation benefits. The life insurer was penalised by the Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the Insurance Contracts Act between November 2015 and October 2018. At the time, MLC ...