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AFCA left toothless on Mayfair complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... and was paying M Core noteholders distributions and redemptions with money raised from other M Core noteholders. During court proceedings, ASIC suggested this model was not far from a Ponzi scheme. ASIC could not comment on this issue as its action against ...

ANZ, CBA settle class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... the trading of bank bill swap (BBSW) products in 2016. The class action commenced in 2016 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac and other global banks. The class action alleged the ...

Insider trading forum busted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... violating the antifraud provisions of US federal securities laws. Jones agreed to a bifurcated settlement that, subject to court approval, permanently preventing him from further violating these provisions and reserves civil penalties for a later dat ...

Foreign exchange brokers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... employees have been banned from former employees for three to six years. ASIC first initiated civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Forex CT and Yoshai after alleging Forex CT engaged in a system of unconscionable conduct, including the use ...

Former AMP adviser in enforceable undertaking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... providing financial services after ASIC found she failed to act in the best interests of clients. On March 11, the Federal Court ordered Thorne - who is based on the Gold Coast - must comply with the enforceable undertaking she first entered in 2019. ...

Chances of CBA admitting to Essential Super wrongdoing "non-existent"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
Lawyers for Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and Colonial First State (CFS) in its ongoing case against ASIC have told the court the parties have no intention of admitting to any contraventions in relation to Essential Super and an alleged $22 million in conflicted ...

APRA closes Westpac probe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... investigations into the matter. APRA said despite the decision to close its investigation, Westpac is still subject to a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) to implement an integrated risk governance remediation plan to uplift risk governance across ...

Mawhinney not dishonest, just irresponsible: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... cases their entire life savings - in Mayfair products. "These investors were targeted," the lawyer from ASIC claimed in court. "They were technically wholesale, but they were not sophisticated investors, and it must have been known through the communications ...

Former Clime chief in new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... Clime appoints a new chief executive. Bristow's new role comes as Clime Investment Management and Bristow are set to face court over claims of unfair dismissal made by the firm's former chief investment officer, Anthony Golowenko.

Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The Federal Court yesterday made orders in ASIC's December 2019 case against TAL, which stems from a Royal Commission case study. The matter relates to a TAL income protection customer, who in January 2014 made a claim on her policy after being ...