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Fund manager charged with fraud

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... anti-fraud provisions, with the regulator seeking both a permanent injunction and civil penalties in the federal district court in New York. Simultaneously, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has announced it is pursuing criminal ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Australia after contravening its obligations under the Corporations Act. The proceedings filed by Piper Alderman in the Federal Court of Australia relate to commissions paid to Count Financial and its financial advisers from 21 August 2014 to 21 August ...

ASIC restrains Mawhinney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Notes and Australian Property Bonds (sold as investments in Dunk Island and Mission Beach). ASIC also successfully had the court restrain Mawhinney from leaving Australia until further notice. This, despite Mawhinney vehemently denying he was a flight ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... has been charged with 10 counts of fraud, totaling nearly $1 million. Brett Andrew Gordon faced Maroochydore Magistrates Court over the fraud charges following an extensive ASIC investigation. Gordon was previously the director of Refocus Financial Group ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... in Sydney and Melbourne. Every week rivers of gold flow out of regional communities," he said. Rennick hinted at a High Court challenge to question whether super was constitutional if it doesn't return initial capital. He questioned if the system breached ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... their respective extraordinary general meetings and at the special meeting of WTW shareholders which was ordered by the High Court of Ireland. A spokesperson for WTW could not comment on what the merger means for the Australian business. Under the terms ...

ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... allegations just three months later, with CBA denying the majority of the fresh allegations in a submission to the Federal Court. In June 2018, the Commonwealth bank settled the civil proceedings brought against it by AUSTRAC for $700 million, as well ...

Facebook, Google face crypto class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
Sydney-based law firm JPB Liberty has filed a class action against Facebook and Google for the losses suffered by Australian cryptocurrency providers after their bans on cryptocurrency advertising. JPB Liberty is seeking damages for the losses the cryptocurrency ...

ASIC takes action against RI Advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
ASIC has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against RI Advice for failing to have adequate cyber security systems. ASIC said its action is in response to a number of alleged cyber security breaches through authorised representatives of RI Advice. ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
ASIC has commenced Federal Court proceedings against BT Funds Management and Asgard over fee-for-no-service conduct and making misleading representations in relation to the fees. It has also launched a similar case against StatePlus. ASIC alleges that ...