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The director of Ascent Investment and Coaching, Michael Dunjey, has been charged with 33 criminal offences. ...
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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of global advisory group Brite Advisors after compensation was paid to an individual by the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort....
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A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...
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A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....
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A $3.5 million settlement for victims of Melissa Caddick has been approved by the Federal Court following an initial agreement last December. ...
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ASIC was active in the first quarter of 2025 with several financial adviser bannings and court action, while the FSCP also handed down outcomes to advisers....
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The Federal Court has made orders freezing the assets of an individual allegedly associated with marketing Shield and First Guardian Master Funds. ...
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The Federal Court has made interim orders to freeze the assets of a managed investment scheme, its responsible entity, and a director....
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The Federal Court has frozen the assets of two individuals, Ferras Merhi and Osama Saad, for their connections to the troubled Shield Master Fund. ...
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Former Sydney financial adviser, David Valvo, has been sentenced in court after pleading guilty to dishonest conduct....
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ASIC has taken action against a Queensland adviser who was sentenced last May for misappropriating $1.8 million from his clients....
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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
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The Federal Court has given a verdict on ASIC’s case against Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan which had alleged he breached his director duties....
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Former Sydney financial adviser, David Valvo, has pled guilty in court to a charge of dishonest conduct....
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A former director of Sydney-based Courtenay House has been sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW for his role in the operation of a Ponzi scheme....
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