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ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser David Noel Ruthenberg from providing financial services for three years....

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ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against Mercer Financial Advice for allegedly making false or misleading representations to its customers about fees charged ...

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Former Queensland financial adviser, Lawrence Toledo, has been convicted and fined $1,500 after pleading guilty to three charges of breaching an Australian Securities and...

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The ALRC has detailed the stakeholder feedback it has received regarding definitions of financial advice and possible changes to the terms, although it will hold off maki...

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A retrial has been granted in Queensland for Ben Jayaweera, a former financial adviser who had been previously convicted of six counts of dishonesty causing his clients a...

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A former subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank has been penalised $1.7 million for failing to update defective disclosure statements, the first conviction of its kind....

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Spaceship Capital chairman Paul Dortkamp has been banned by ASIC for a “fundamental oversight” related to his responsibilities, less than six months after its former CEO ...

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The corporate regulator has made its first conviction of an individual for using social media to co-ordinate a ‘pump and dump’ scheme of listed stocks. ...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released its latest cost recovery implementation statement for 2021/22, providing an estimated levy for financial...

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Organisations have welcomed the Albanese Labor government and the appointment of Stephen Jones as minister for financial services with hopes for a focus on education and ...

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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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