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Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
Fronting the Senate, Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Australian Navy veteran Peter Williamson called on the government to make him whole after it came to light his military pension may have been unfairly reduced. Williamson retired ...

FIIG Securities fined $2.5m for lengthy cyber failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... have cost FIIG to implement adequate controls in the first place." This marks the first time the Federal Court has imposed civil penalties for cyber security failures under the general AFSL obligations, which she said sets a clear expectation regarding ...

Chalmers globetrots to sell minerals for foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... across the board, across Congress, across the Senate, across Democrat and Republican Members, and of course as well across civil society and across officials." US President Donald Trump was outspoken about his dislike of Rudd during his tenure. In 2024 ...

Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... a quant analyst during an internship. And, Rhys Cosmo has joined CareSuper from HESTA as a senior investment analyst. A civil engineer, Cosmo spent more than three years at the superannuation fund working in private equity, infrastructure and property ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Ahead of Christmas, ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against BDO Audit (WA) and its director Dean Just alleging it made misleading statements, while failing to take reasonable steps to ensure reports were factually accurate for an ASX-listed ...

Macquarie Securities to pay $35m for misleading data reporting

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... however, believes the scale of total misreporting could be between 298 million and 1.5 billion short sales. ASIC lodged civil proceedings against MSAL in the NSW Supreme Court in May. MSAL has also admitted to incorrectly reporting regulatory data for ...

ASIC sues Diversa for First Guardian failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... 11 cases underway in the Federal Court against 19 defendants." ASIC is seeking orders for compensation, declarations and civil penalties from the Court.

SQM vows to 'respectfully' defend ASIC case

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... Shield. SQM Research downgraded Shield's rating to 'hold' in December 2023. ASIC is seeking both declarations and civil penalties from the court. Separately, in the same week, ASIC also commenced legal proceedings against MWL Financial Services ...

ASIC acts against MWL, its director and lead generator

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... subject to the Federal Court's approval or consent of administrators. If allowed to proceed, ASIC will seek declarations and civil penalties against all defendants, including orders disqualifying Maikousis from managing corporations in the future. Among ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... not "accurately depict the standard, quality, value or grade" of Shield, ASIC said. ASIC is seeking both declarations and civil penalties from the court. SQM Research published reports in October 2021, March 2022 and October 2022, that rated the different ...