FEDERAL COURT

Funds management

The Federal Court has approved the proposed scheme of arrangement under which Charter Hall Limited will acquire Folkestone....

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Policy & Regulation

The Full Federal Court has handed down its judgment in the appeal by Aussiegolfa Pty Ltd, finding there was no breach of the sole purpose test. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Court has handed down its judgment on the contempt findings brought by ASIC against multiple defendants in proceedings concerning binary option trading websit...

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Policy & Regulation

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has been served with another class action, this one filed in the Federal Court by Phi Finney McDonald on behalf of shareholders from 2014 to 2...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Court has approved the Commonwealth Bank’s $25 million settlement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission regarding the Bank Bill Swap Rate....

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Financial planning

Westpac has responded to civil charges brought against it by the regulator for poor financial advice by saying that it had already identified and responded to the alleged...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Wealth & Risk Management, following a court finding that t...

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Financial planning

As an embattled AMP faces multiple legal actions, the company has said that it “intends to vigorously defend the proceedings” filed against it....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced proceedings against financial adviser Graeme Walter Miller and his related businesses....

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Financial planning

The Federal Court has ordered the wind up of an illegal investment scheme known as the VKK Investments Unit Trust and the trustee and operator of that scheme, Gem Managem...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has applied to the Federal Court for the appointment of a liquidator to Superfunded, amid various allegations of misb...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Court has slapped three companies with fines totalling $7,150,000, finding that they engaged in multiple contraventions of financial services and consumer pro...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission obtained interim injunctions from the Federal Court against Superfunded and its sole director and shareholder....

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Financial planning

NSG Services has faced a civil penalty of $1 million by the Federal Court in the first breach of the best interest duty....

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Financial planning

ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against Westpac for breaching home-loan responsible lending laws....

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Ralph

How did the licensee not check this - they should be held to task over it. Obviously they are not making sure their sta...

23 hours ago
JOHN GILLIES

Faking exams and falsifying results..... Too stupid to comment on JG...

1 day ago
PETER JOHNSTON- AIOFP

Must agree to disagree with you on this one Keith, with the Banks/Institutions largely out of advice now is the time to ...

1 day ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 3 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months 1 week ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

9 months 3 weeks ago