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ASIC cancels stockbroker AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... into liquidation and the administrators were appointed as liquidators. According to KPMG, a joint hearing of the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of New Zealand in respect to the distribution of client funds wrapped up on December 9, with ...

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... judgement on a complaint that an AustralianSuper member filed over three and a half years ago. The member, who is identified in court documents as WG, lodged a group insurance claim with AustralianSuper in November 2014 during which they engaged two ...

WAM sees court win over Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2021
... Panel determined that both of WAM's prior takeover bids were void. "WAM Active sought, through the proceedings, to have the court extend the time upon which it was able to have given Keybridge notice under s630 of the Corporations Act," Keybridge said ...

ASIC takes fintech to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... property in self-managed superannuation funds. Squirrel Superannuation Services, an SMSF platform provider, faced the Federal Court on 23 December 2020 for allegedly marketing misleading information between January 2015 and July 2018. In the brochure ...

Class action launched against OnePath

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... former subsidiaries OnePath Custodians and OnePath Life as part of its #GetYourSuperBack campaign. Filed in the Federal Court in December 2020, this makes the fifth class action launched by the law firm in response to the revelations arising from the ...

Former adviser pleads guilty to theft, dishonesty

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... (formerly Nigel Flowers) pled guilty to one charge each of dishonesty and theft at Sydney's Downing Street District Court, in relation to advising clients on a failed IPO raise from which he redirected their funds. Following the guilty plea, he will ...

Jail time for tax adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
The Federal Court has sentenced a tax adviser to seven and a half months in prison and fined him $640,000. Brisbane-based Kent Scott Hacker will spend Christmas behind bars after receiving the seven and a half months sentence. He, and his related companies ...

ASIC takes action against La Trobe Financial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... such as shares and property. This type of fund aims to provide a moderate level of income with some capital growth." In a court filing on the matter, ASIC said that on 29 February 2020, 26.5% of funds in the 48 Hour Account were invested in cash and ...

Missing Caddick's mansion on the line

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The Federal Court has appointed receivers to the property of self-proclaimed but unlicensed financial adviser Melissa Caddick, who has been missing for a month. Following a successful ASIC application, the court appointed receivers to Caddick's property ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... husband could be considered a parent even though there is no genetic link between the father and child," he said. A High Court ruling in 2006 clarified that a sperm donor could not be considered a sperm donor with no parental rights if they are an invested ...