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State Street cops $1.25m fine from AUSTRAC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... to about $1.25 million. AUSTRAC has five main tools for enforcement action: getting civil penalty orders from the Federal Court, referring to the public prosecutor for possible criminal prosecution, enforceable undertakings, infringement notices and ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... could mislead and deceive bond investors. A third newly filed case, Sharma v Environment Ministers will see students ask the court to stop the Vickery Extension Project - a Whitehaven Coal development - from going ahead.

ASIC takes Linchpin, Endeavour directors to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... ASIC successfully obtained orders against Linchpin and Endeavour relating to the Investport Income Opportunity Fund. The court ordered to wind up two Investport Income Opportunity funds (one operated by Linchpin and one by Endeavour). In November last ...

SMSF claim over Dreamworld deaths hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... shareholders in the company. Ingram and Tulloch owned shares in Ardent Leisure through their SMSF and filed a claim in the Federal Court seeking access to key documents in relation to the company's handling of the deaths caused by the Thunder River Rapids ...

Former analyst gets three year sentence

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... intensive correction order (aka a sentence served in the community) after a sentencing from Sydney Downing Centre District Court. This includes a 50% discount to his sentence after he entered an early guilty plea in February and cooperated with ASIC ...

ASIC reinforces power to obtain documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
ASIC has pointed to two recent court judgements, including one in its battle with RI Advice, as cementing the regulator's ability to obtain documents. In a media release, ASIC grouped together its successful challenging to RI Advice's claims ...

NAB fined over fees for no service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The Federal Court of Australia has fined National Australia Bank $57.5 million over deceptive and misleading conduct. The proceedings commenced in 2018 and were initially brought by ASIC against NAB units NULIS and MLC Nominees for the charging of plan ...

ASIC takes disqualification decision to Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... a Queensland-based self-managed super fund auditor, taking the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's decision to the Federal Court of Australia. John Gilliland had his ASIC disqualification quashed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on August 5, two ...

Interim insolvency protections extended

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... liquidate a company, according to solvency management firm Worrells. Once a statutory demand expires, the creditor can commence court proceedings to wind up a company. "Under the temporary measures, the minimum debt to issue a statutory demand increased ...

ASIC can use RC evidence in RI Advice case

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... ASIC's case against RI Advice and one of its former financial advisers, John Doyle, is currently playing out in the Federal Court. The regulator has alleged Doyle failed to act in the best interests of clients, gave "cookie cutter" advice and RI Advice ...