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Financial planning
Law firm Slater & Gordon will file a proposed settlement of a class action against Sandhurst Trustees Limited in relation to the collapse of Fincorp Investments....
Financial planning
Professional Investment Services has commissioned a report examining a proposed takeover of the Opus 21 property fund by Century Funds Management – a report Opus ha...
Funds management
In another win for Westpoint investors, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has settled a compensation suit with KPMG and certain Westpoint Group ...
Financial planning
LM Investment Management vows to stop David Tweed’s Direct Share Purchasing Corporation gaining access to mortgage fund register....
Funds management
A law firm has initiated a class action against the agricultural manufacturer, Nufarm, backed by fund managers and super funds....
Financial planning
A Melbourne-based derivatives dealer is being prosecuted by ASIC following an investigation into suspected misleading and deceptive conduct....
Financial planning
Financial Education company The Hubb Organisation, which trades as Safety in the Market, has allegedly breached the law for making promotional representations about certa...
Financial planning
Law firm Slater & Gordon is mounting a class action against stockbroker Bell Potter....
Financial planning
Professional Investment Holdings (PIH), the parent company of one of Australia’s largest non-institutionally owned dealer groups, has removed one of the final obsta...
Financial planning
Two Great Southern class action claims against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank fell through last week....
Financial planning
Investors with failed agribusiness provider Great Southern have launched a class action against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, attempting to recover losses from the venture....
Financial planning
After recently settling its class actions against Glenhurst Corporation and State Trustees, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reached its si...
Financial planning
The five-year ban of a former Citigroup Wealth Advisers broker has been upheld following an unsuccessful appeal to the Federal Court in Perth....
Financial planning
ASIC has succeeded in having the Federal Court overturn an AAT decision lifting a banning order on a Queensland planner....
Financial planning
The founders of Sonray Capital Markets have been grounded while investigations into the advice firm's collapse continue....
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