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Allegro unveils PwC entity as Scyne Advisory

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... team during the transition. An independent board of directors will be established for the new entity, with former Federal Court judge Andrew Greenwood joining as a non-executive director. Allegro further confirmed that candidates for an independent chair ...

ASIC deepens investigation into Magnolia founder

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
The Federal Court has extended the travel ban on Magnolia Capital's founder as he faces an ASIC investigation that alleges $40 million of investor money has gone missing. Mitchell Atkins, also the managing director and chief investment officer of Magnolia ...

Banned adviser told to stay put

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... an ex parte basis without Ridgway's presence, require him to deliver his passport to the Brisbane Registry of the Federal Court. An ASIC investigation found the former adviser put millions of dollars of client money into unauthorised investments. Specifically ...

Collapsed trading house hit with charges

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... with five offences, is alleged to have fabricated evidence related to Berndale funds in overseas bank accounts in Federal Court proceedings. D'Amore and Kirby are also alleged to have made a false statement or submitted false or misleading documents ...

TPB grilled over handling of PwC scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... that we haven't failed to deal with what's occurred here." In dealing with such matters, the TPB can apply to the Federal Court for an order for payment of a pecuniary penalty - something, Pocock pointed out, it has not done. "Why no fine? The average ...

AFCA outlines systemic issues in wealth management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... ASIC data, losses are estimated to be around $800 million, with the case now filed in the Victorian Registry of the Federal Court. Also pertaining to the investment sector, AFCA discovered a financial firm to be engaging in unauthorised trading, providing ...

Treasury consults on giving AFCA more super powers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... Authority (AFCA) should have its remit expanded to deal with more complaints related to superannuation, following the Federal Court's MetLife decision. As it stands, under Part 7.10A of the Corporations Act, AFCA has certain statutory powers to deal ...

Investment fraud accomplice charged

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... alleged he used an unregistered investment scheme to defraud $36.5 million from nine investors. ASIC acted in the Federal Court to wind up the unregistered managed investment scheme operated by Marco and AMS Holdings (WA) Pty Ltd, the AMS Holdings Trust ...

Poor policy administration sees MLC Life pay $22m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... million in remediation, for failing to pay promised rehabilitation benefits. The life insurer was penalised by the Federal Court after it was found guilty of several breaches of the ASIC Act, the Corporations Act, and the Insurance Contracts Act between ...

AMP fined $24m for charging deceased customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
The Federal Court found AMP guilty of charging deceased customers life insurance premiums and advice fees, ordering it to pay $24 million in penalties. Justice Hespe today determined that four AMP subsidiaries - AMP Life, AMP Financial Planning, AMP ...