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Two Storm victims to receive $1.1m in compensation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... connection with the Storm Financial case. A three-week trial was due to commence on 3 June 2013 in the Federal Court of Australia. "The proceedings, which ASIC commenced in December 2010, were brought to hold the banks accountable for their role in the ...

Macquarie to compensate Storm investors in $82.5m deal

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... year results to March, or any subsequent period. The settlement still requires the approval of the Federal Court of Australia.

Two liquidators punished by ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... as a registered liquidator. ASIC made this decision following orders made on 17 December 2012 in the Federal Court of Australia, which resulted in Pattison becoming a bankrupt. In a separate decision on 21 January 2013, Pattison was disqualified by ASIC ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... to be rubbish CDO's and other structured securities glowing AAA's back in the days; and the one the Federal Court of Australia found guilty of negligence and "misleading and deceptive" when it gave a AAA (yes, that rating) to a financial asset created ...

CBA proffers Storm settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... against CBA in ASIC's unregistered managed investment scheme proceedings which were brought in the Federal Court of Australia in Brisbane in December 2010. ASIC will continue the unregistered managed investment scheme proceedings against Storm, Bank ...

Opus Capital offers EU olive branch to ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... (AAT) before the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) appealed that decision in the Federal Court of Australia. On August 31 this year, the Federal Court overturned the AAT's orders and reinstated ASIC's licence cancellation of Opus ...

Investors in line for Fincorp payout

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... than 5000 investors look set to be compensated for their losses from Fincorp Investments, after the Federal Court of Australia authorised the release of details of the compensation scheme. A proposed multi-million dollar settlement that will include ...

ASIC catches Camelot Derivatives

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... returns can be earned in a high-risk market. ASIC sought injunctions against Camelot and King with the Federal Court of Australia restraining them from soliciting or encouraging new clients, advising, recommending, or directly or indirectly, causing ...

Bell Potter faces $22m class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... action from over 50 clients, claiming losses of approximately $22 million. The class action, held in the Federal Court of Australia, alleges that Bell Potter encouraged clients to buy shares in biotech company, Progen Pharmaceuticals (PGL) in 2007. Shortly ...

Unregistered MIS operator arrested

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. On 29 June 2007, the Federal Court of Australia delivered judgment in relation to an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) against four ...