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Court dismisses case against Trio director after APRA EU

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Federal Court has ordered legal proceedings against former trio director David Millhouse to be dismissed after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) accepted a voluntary enforceable undertaking from him. The regulator has banned ...

Problem is weak credit law, not us: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... misleading or deceptive conduct and undue harassment and coercion. The regulator argued that it intervened in court proceedings in 2009 to argue that, in some circumstances, brokers should be considered agents of the lender. "The courts did not accept ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... don't stop in the US of A. It migrates beyond its borders with other governments and central banks interrupting normal proceedings - that of ensuring solid, sustainable growth in their respective economies - in favour of devising plans to shield their ...

Cognitive function, consumption biggest SMSF risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... non-investment non-taxation issues. The ABC has reported the results of a scientific study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr Agnieszka Tymula of the University of Sydney and colleagues at New York University ...

Judge orders end of class action against WealthSure

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... Court of Australia has ordered the class action against WealthSure to stop, but it will allow members to continue the proceedings individually. Members of the class action were former clients of Colin James Oberg, a former WealthSure adviser that was ...

ASIC orders additional AFSL conditions on Sydney firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... broker who offered high-interest credit contracts to consumers in one of Australia's most disadvantaged local areas. Proceedings have been filed in the Federal Court of Australia in Brisbane against Channic, Cash Brokers and the sole director of both ...

Trio director strikes back and takes APRA to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... director David Millhouse is to counterattack the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) decision to start proceedings in the Federal Court to disqualify him from financial services. Millhouse has decided to launch legal action against APRA ...

APRA takes Trio director to Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse. APRA is asking the Court to disqualify Millhouse from acting ...

ASIC takes action against diamond trading scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... could be an elaborate diamond trading scheme designed to avoid the operation of the consumer credit laws. ASIC filed proceedings in the Federal Court in Brisbane against Fast Access Finance (FAF) and two partner companies which are engaged in unlicensed ...

ASIC freezes defendants' assets in Wickham case

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders to freeze the assets of the 15 defendants in the legal proceedings against Wickham Securities executives. The defendants include eight companies related to Wickham founder Bradley Sherwin ...