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Australian Unity cops fine for TMD, DDO failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... distribution obligations (DDO) regarding its Select Income Fund and has been slapped with a $7.125 million fine by the Federal Court. Hundreds of retail investors were led to believe they were able to invest in the fund even though the product may not ...

BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The Federal Court has handed BPS Financial $14 million in pecuniary penalties over the way in which it promoted and operated its crypto product Qoin Wallet. According to ASIC, BPS Financial advertised the product as a non-cash payment facility linked ...

Aussie Olympian's brother pleads guilty for role in global scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... of the Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) and Gunn consented to the matter being dealt with for sentence in the local court. For his part in handling the money, Gunn faces a maximum penalty in the Local Court of one year imprisonment, a fine of $12,600 ...

AI, operational failures key regulatory risks for ASIC in 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... deliver education campaigns to empower Australians to better identify risks to their retirement savings. It currently has 12 court cases underway related to the Shield and First Guardian matters. Poor insurance claims handling, significant outage resulting ...

Rodney Forrest handed prison sentence for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... shares before leaking details of the takeover to the media, making over $300,000 profit for himself, ASIC said. The Federal Court in Sydney sentenced Forrest to five years imprisonment for insider trading and two years for procuring others to trade ...

'Gross breach of trust': Former adviser sentenced to six years imprisonment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... years' imprisonment. Torre's sentencing was backdated to 29 January 2025 in a verdict handed down by the District Court of Western Australia. Torre was sentenced to three counts of stealing and two counts of fraud resulting in the misappropriation ...

AOFM names lead managers for 2037 Treasury Bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... issuance, and a $50 million penalty for incorrectly reporting bond trading data to the AOFM over a two-year period. The Federal Court made the order in December 2025. At the time, AOFM chief executive Anna Hughes welcomed the court's decision. "The court's ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... third-party providers for their failures. Releasing its Summary of Defence document last week, which was filed with the Federal Court on 24 December 2025, EQT said Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited (ETSL) showed "reasonable due diligence" before ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... misstated, and the audits were not in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards. Commenting, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said BDO and Just acted "outside" of the auditing standards. "Confidence and trust are fundamental to the role of company ...

Pump and dump conspirators sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
The four people who conspired in a pump and dump scheme were delivered their sentences at the Sydney District Court, ASIC said. Larisa Quinlan, Kurt Stuart, Emma Summer, and Syed Yusef have been sentenced to between 14 months and two years' imprisonment ...