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Expect more greenwashing action: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... and legal, investment and operations because all parts of the financial process have answers, he said. "This is a civil penalty proceeding," Steffanoni said. "With cases alleging misleading and deceptive conduct, ASIC will have to prove that the conduct ...

SEC fines Mormon Church investment arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... Ensign Peak agreed to settle with the SEC, paying US$4 million in penalties. The church also agreed to pay a $1 million penalty.

Financial Circle director convicted, fined

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... of the alleged offending, the charge of acting in the management of a corporation whilst disqualified carried a maximum penalty of imprisonment for one year. The matter was prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions after a brief ...

Wilsons Advisory fined $550k by ASIC MDP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
Wilsons Advisory and Stockbroking paid the significant penalty which was issued by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) after it found the firm to have incorrectly reported many trades as Trade with Price Improvement (TWPI). The $548,328 penalty was ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... gender super gap is for government to pay super as part of the Parental Leave Pay Scheme, thus addressing the motherhood penalty. "Women suffer the consequences of reduced super when taking time off work to care for children," it explained. "This is ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast businessman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... program and operated without a licence. Gregory William Finerty, the sole director of Bradford AI, has been handed down the penalty following the hiring of an automated trading robot, designed to work on foreign exchange (FX) trading platforms. Bradford ...

Former planner pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... County Court in April for plea and sentencing hearing. At the time of Grimm's offending, each breach carried a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment.

ASIC takes civil action against Firstmac

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... product distributor for alleged breaches of design and distribution obligations (DDO). The regulator commenced the civil penalty action in the Federal Court against Firstmac Limited following its first DDO court action filed earlier this month against ...

Market manipulator sentenced

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
... offence in June. At the time of his offence, the charge of conspiring to commit market manipulation carried a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment. In March 2019, the maximum penalty increased to 15 years imprisonment. Meanwhile, Kimelman was sentenced ...

ASIC proceedings name Pendal board member

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
ASIC has started civil penalty proceedings against 11 current and former directors and executives of Star Entertainment Group, including a Pendal Group director. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court argued that the Star's board and executives failed to ...