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Mark Thomas, former chief executive of van Eyk Research, has pleaded guilty to charges of dishonestly using his position to gain advantage for himself....

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ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against big four bank ANZ for allegedly misleading customers about the available funds and balances in their credit card acco...

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ASIC has cancelled the registration of 10 auditors of self-managed superannuation funds who failed to lodge their annual statements....

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ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Perth-based Quattro Capital, the licensee of authorised representatives who were part of Mayfair 101....

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has most likely lost his seat in this year’s Federal election while Liberals Jason Falinski and Tim Wilson, chair and former chair of the House ...

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Ezzat-Daniel Nesseim has been sentenced to a three-year intensive correctional order for engaging in dishonest conduct and providing falsified documents to ASIC....

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Dr Roger Munro has been sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment after pleading guilty to three counts of fraud....

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AUSTRAC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from NAB to uplift its compliance with Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws....

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Westpac has been ordered to pay penalties of $113 million for compliance failures in banking, superannuation, wealth management and insurance....

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services Pty Limited....

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Westpac-subsidiary BT Funds Management has been fined $20 million for incorrectly charging commission payments to certain superannuation fund members....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Melbourne-based adviser Mark Christopher Babbage from providing financial services or engaging in credit a...

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