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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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Funds management

The largest-ever penalty for breaches of Market Integrity Rules has been handed down by the Federal Court to Commonwealth Securities and Australian Investment Exchange. ...

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Funds management

The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Mayfair 101 Group to overturn the findings of misleading or deceptive advertising and a $30 million penalty....

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Financial planning

EC Audit was fined $40,000 while Robert Evett was fined $10,000 for auditing standards breaches of Halifax Investment Services....

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Policy & Regulation

Former director of Australasia Wealth Services and Management, James Feng, has been charged with authorising the making of a false or misleading statement to the Australi...

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Policy & Regulation

Financial services companies cannot necessarily rely on claims of legal privilege to prevent the Australian Securities and Investments Commission obtaining documents – so...

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Policy & Regulation

A Queensland financial adviser has pleaded guilty to dishonestly using around $1.1m of client money for his own use. ...

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Superannuation

Appeals by QSuper and Investors Exchange Limited against the Australian Financial Complaints Authority have been dismissed by the courts as the body has been found to hav...

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Superannuation

The decision by the owners of research and ratings house Zenith to call off their bid for Chant West has resulted in the initiation of court action....

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Policy & Regulation

The full Federal Court has confirmed the directors of Storm Financial breached their duties, after the original judgement was handed down in August 2016....

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Policy & Regulation

NSW-based Michael Ming Jinn Ho, a former investment analyst, has pleaded guilty to insider trading in securities of Big Un Limited....

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