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ASIC bans advisers for dodgy Shield Master Fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
Two former MWL Financial Services financial advisers who invested clients' superannuation in the Shield Master Fund have copped bans from the regulator. Matthew Simon Bradley has ceased working in financial services for eight years after ASIC found ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... at," she said. The downfall of Australian Fiduciaries, ISG, and United Global Capital (UGC), as well as the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund in recent years has come to a head for ASIC, which has recently ramped up its policing of high-pressure ...

ASIC cancels Financial Services Group Australia's AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Financial Services Group Australia (FSGA), which has links to the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund. FSGA's responsible manager (RM) Graham Holmes has also been permanently banned from working in the ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
The Shield Master Fund (SMF) has been terminated while its responsible entity Keystone Asset Management (KAM) has been appointed a new receiver and administrator. The troubled SMF was terminated on April 10 after the new receiver, Alvarez & Marsal ...

ASIC freezes assets Shield, First Guardian marketer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
ASIC has frozen the assets of Rashid Alshakshir, who facilitated leads to the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund, as it investigates his links with property fund manager and developer Paul Chiodo. Alshakshir has ties to the funds, according ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian Master Fund set for liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... Chiodo, is currently under an ASIC investigation. Last June, the court ordered to freeze the assets of the Shield Master Fund, a registered managed fund with Keystone Asset Management acting as responsible entity. Chiodo is Keystone's director. He ...

Freezing order slapped on First Guardian Master Fund, Falcon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... Paul Chiodo, is also under an ASIC investigation. Last June, the court ordered to freeze the assets of the Shield Master Fund, a registered managed fund with Keystone Asset Management acting as responsible entity. Chiodo, who is Keystone's director ...

Court acts against two with links to Shield Master Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The Federal Court has made orders against two individuals in connection to ASIC's investigation into the Shield Master Fund collapse. The $480 million Shield Master Fund collapse will likely see its 5800-plus investors cop significant losses, with the ...

Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... financial advice misconduct that is occurring at an "industrial scale". "Our ongoing investigation into the Shield Master Fund is one such example - though regrettably it's not an isolated one. It reflects a pattern of conduct we are seeing all too frequently," ...

Keystone Asset Management to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... Asset Management will be liquidated, as ASIC investigates exactly what's happened to funds invested in the Shield Master Fund. Keystone Asset Management (KAM) was the responsible entity for the Shield Master Fund, the assets of which were frozen ...
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