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Former van Eyk Research chief sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... his duties with the intention of directly or indirectly obtaining a personal advantage. In handing down the sentence, the judge took into consideration the fact that Thomas had already been banned from managing a corporation for five years and his guilty ...

ASIC appeals CFS, CBA decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
ASIC is appealing the Federal Court's ruling in its conflicted remuneration case against Commonwealth Bank and Colonial First State. The case related to the Essential Super product, with ASIC alleging the two entities breached conflicted remuneration ...

Jarden restructures, shuffles team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
Having grown at a faster rate than anticipated, Jarden has implemented a new business structure which has required several changes to its management team, including a new role for the chief executive. Jarden said it set itself a target in 2016 of quadrupling ...

James Mawhinney sues ASIC, deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... ban on the grounds that he was denied procedural fairness in the first trial, with the court agreeing that the presiding judge at the time based the judgement on findings of contraventions that ASIC had not sought. The Full Federal Court has ordered ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in September, up 8.2% over the last year. Increases in the shelter, food, and medical care indexes were the largest of many contributors to the monthly seasonally adjusted all items increase. Though, these ...

Mayfair 101 bids for High Court appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... lacked procedural fairness as ASIC didn't seek certain findings of contraventions which were later relied on by the presiding judge. A retrial was ordered and, at the time, Mawhinney said he would work to contest the case in the High Court rather than ...

ASIC dishes out permanent ban to 'lifestyle' adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
A former Dover and Interprac financial adviser who was found to be unfit to operate in the industry in any capacity was permanently banned by the regulator. ASIC said James Carlos Reynolds purported to offer 'lifestyle' financial advice as sole director ...

Court dismisses Mayfair 101 appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... the Court issued penalties amounting to $30 million. In addressing the appeal of the misleading or deceptive conduct, the judge said: "The anodyne reference that the Mayfair products "like all investments" had associated risks, and the generalised reference ...

Court dismisses CBA, CFS conflicted remuneration case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
The Federal Court dismissed ASIC's case against Commonwealth Bank and Colonial First State in relation to the distribution of Essential Super. CBA staff signed up over 390,000 people to CFS's Essential Super between July 2013 and June 2019. ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... Life were knowingly concerned in those contraventions. While the conduct was not deliberate, it was extremely serious," the judge said. "AMP was aware it was charging fees for no service to these members but did not take the proper steps to prevent it ...