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ASIC cancels CPG Research & Advisory's AFSL

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... Endeavour Securities, both of which are now in liquidation, were slapped with a combined $390,000 penalty by the Federal Court for breaching their duties. In 2019, the Federal Court found Linchpin operated a fund unlawfully and without an AFSL. At one ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... was the auditor of defunct Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of the Shield Master Fund. When the Federal Court appointed new receivers and administrators in September 2024, BDO found that Keystone failed to maintain proper records resulting ...

Macquarie to pay Shield victims in full

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... has committed to reimbursing investors' retirement savings by September 30. ASIC commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Macquarie Investment Management Limited (MIML) after it admitted it did not act efficiently, honestly and fairly when ...

GIM director slapped with travel restraints

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... money back were unsuccessful." Gold Coast-based Geddes took over GIM Trading from Stephen Cubis in late October. The Federal Court's travel restraint orders expire on 16 March 2026. Meantime, Healthbridge Capital investors have been locked out of their ...

Former Income Asset Management staffer embezzles $1.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... ASX-listed firm has now sought orders to preserve assets and obtain information to support its investigation from the Federal Court. "The matter has been referred to the relevant authorities including ASIC and AUSTRAC, and a complaint has been lodged ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
The Federal Court has disqualified Queensland-based director David Hodgson from managing corporations for five years and permanently restrained him from engaging in financial services without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). This comes ...

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... replacement, and failed to listen to warnings over market outages. According to the concise statement filed in the Federal Court, seen and reported by the Australian Financial Review, Halstead is accusing Lofthouse of being "frequently passive-aggressive ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... Pension and Market Services, have been slammed for several death benefit processing failures. Taking Cbus to the Federal Court last November, ASIC alleged about 10,000 members have faced severe delays while some were left waiting more than 12 months ...

AMP settles class action for $120m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... during the Hayne Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The Federal Court later ordered the consolidation of two separate proceedings into a single class action, jointly run by Maurice Blackburn ...

Court extends freezing orders on First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
The Federal Court extended orders freezing the bank accounts of First Mutual Private Equity (FMPE) and its sole director Gregory Raymond Cotton, saying it believes investors' funds were used for gambling purposes. The orders were first made on August ...