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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....

Financial planning

The Federal Court has frozen the assets of two individuals, Ferras Merhi and Osama Saad, for their connections to the troubled Shield Master Fund. ...

Financial planning

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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Two victims of Ben Jayaweera, who was sentenced to 12 years in jail this week, described the fraud as “truly heartbreaking” after they lost $260,000 at his hands....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been sentenced after being found guilty of a $5.9 million fraud, with the judge describing his actions as “brazen, gross and callo...

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been found guilty of 28 counts of fraud where his clients lost $5.9 million....

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A former strategy manager at suspended financial services business BBY has been sentenced for aiding and abetting dishonest conduct. ...

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