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ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
ASIC is persevering in its crusade against Block Earner with the Federal Court granting a special leave to appeal an April decision that found that an AFSL was not necessary to offer a fixed-yield digital asset-related product. ASIC said its appeal ...

NAB fined over $15m for delaying hardship applications

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... ASFH failed to respond to 345 hardship applications within the 21-day deadline required by law. Handing down her decision Justice Neskovcin said impacts to customers may have been avoided if NAB had provided the affected customers with the required notices ...

1MDB mastermind found in Shanghai with Aussie passport: Reports

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... subsidiary. Investigations into the 1MDB scandal are being conducted by both Malaysian and US authorities. The US Department of Justice has previously said the embezzled funds were used on everything from a 300-foot luxury yacht to jewellery and artwork. ...

Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... misconduct targeting First Nations people and our work in this case shows exactly why," Longo said. Handing down the decision, Justice Goodman agreed with ASIC's submission that ACBF's misrepresentation was "deliberate and callous and involved egregious ...

James Mawhinney contravened law: Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... Mawhinney's appeal. The matter was remitted back to the Federal Court for another hearing, which was heard before Justice Button between October 2024 and February 2025. On 22 December 2021, the Federal Court ordered four companies in the Mayfair ...

AMP actions impacted 'hundreds of thousands' of customers: Shine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... aware that their superannuation savings were eroded due to excessive insurance fees. "This class action is about seeking justice and compensation for everyday Australians who trusted the AMP trustees to manage their retirement savings responsibly," Shine ...

Banned director sentenced for running financial services firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Federal Court. Now, Fuoco has been convicted on 18 charges of contempt and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, with Justice Horan saying it was "the most serious incident of contempt of court in recent years." His sentence is to be suspended for two ...

Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... advisers were acting in their clients' best interests. The case has been before the court for just shy of five years, with Justice Halley officially determining to dismiss the proceedings and ordering the applicants to pay Count Financial's costs. Piper ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... millions of hardworking Australians," said Emma Pelka-Caven, Slater and Gordon's head of class actions. "This is about justice for ordinary Australians. These are people who trusted AMP to safeguard their retirement savings - and instead lost thousands ...

HCF Life fined $750k for misleading contract term

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... Cover Smart Term Insurance, Income Assist Insurance and Income Protect Insurance. In the verdict handed down yesterday, Justice Jackman said whilst HCF Life had no intention to engage in misleading conduct, "the contravening conduct should be regarded ...