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A former strategy manager at suspended stockbroking firm BBY has been charged with aiding and abetting dishonest conduct including the alleged transfers of $8.7 million i...

Funds management

The former chief executive of failed stockbroker BBY has been charged with aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring fraud with each of the two counts carrying a maximum...

Financial planning

Court documents have revealed how former Melbourne adviser, Terence Nugara, was able to steal $10 million from his clients by promising returns as high as 98 per cent fro...

Financial planning

A former financial adviser who pled guilty to stealing $10 million from his clients to spend on boats and helicopters has been sentenced in a Melbourne court, with the ju...

Financial planning

The last three months have seen at least three high-profile court cases involving adviser misconduct, keeping the corporate regulator on its toes to wrap up a busy quarte...

Financial planning

A Melbourne financial adviser permanently banned by ASIC earlier this year is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years’ jail for obtaining financial advantage by deception, a...

Financial planning

A Perth adviser who stole over $1 million from his clients has received a jail sentence in Perth District Court today, with the judge reprimanding his lack of remorse for...

Superannuation

The corporate regulator has commenced its third civil penalty proceedings for alleged greenwashing with the superannuation fund holding investments in Russia when it had ...

Financial planning

Insignia’s class action hearing has closed with a clash over the role media played in the share price drop, the alleged admissions made in an almost decade-old statement...

Financial planning

The first week of the Insignia Financial class action case has seen allegations of misconduct, insider trading, front running and failure to manage conflicts of interest....

Financial planning

A former Perth financial adviser has been sentenced for making unauthorised client transactions and engaging in dishonest conduct....

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SMSF

A former Melbourne financial planner has pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in dishonest conduct regarding SMSFs while running a financial services business. ...

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Financial planning

A former Adelaide financial adviser has been sentenced for two counts of falsifying company books, having previously been charged last June. ...

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Funds management

Criminal proceedings against CBA regarding sales of consumer credit insurance have been dismissed by the Federal Court due to a statute bar....

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Financial planning

A former Tasmanian-based financial adviser has been convicted of fraud....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

3 weeks ago

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

1 month ago

Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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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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