FEDERAL COURT

Superannuation

The Federal Court has found Active Super made misleading representations regarding its ESG credentials, specifically around excluding Russian investments at the time of t...

Financial planning

A former AMP financial adviser has urged advisers in the BOLR class action against AMP to object to the “unfair and unreasonable” $100 million settlement sum as the objec...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has imposed a $10 million penalty on Macquarie Bank for failing to prevent and control unauthorised fee transactions by third parties including financia...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has approved the $16 million class action settlement regarding Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services....

Financial planning

As a Federal Court judge notes the lack of experience held by the responsible manager of Lanterne Fund Services, Money Management explores what is required of the role. ...

Financial planning

The Federal Court has issued a seven-figure penalty against Lanterne Fund Services, a wholesale licensee which operated as a ‘licensee for hire’. ...

Funds management

ASIC has appealed the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss proceedings against Finder regarding a crypto-asset product. ...

Financial planning

The Federal Court of Australia has pushed back a decision on the class action settlement for two weeks....

Funds management

The Federal Court has issued its verdict in ASIC's first greenwashing case against Vanguard Investments Australia regarding the use of ESG exclusionary screens....

Financial planning

Corrs Chambers Westgarth, the law firm handling AMP’s buyer of last resort proceedings, says it is yet to file documents relating to the settlement sum, as the case manag...

Financial planning

In a never-ending saga, the case management hearing to settle on the final sum for the AMP BOLR class action has been delayed for the third time....

Financial planning

The Federal Court has ruled financial advice licensee RM Capital failed to take reasonable steps to prevent its authorised representative from accepting conflicted remune...

Financial planning

ASIC has successfully obtained orders to bankrupt finfluencer Tyson Scholz for his failure to pay Federal Court costs of more than $450,000....

Financial planning

The AMP buyer of last resort proceedings have hit another delay after a case management hearing in the Federal Court to approve the $100 million settlement was postponed....

Funds management

The Federal Court has made one of its first decisions on the application of financial services law regarding crypto assets for fintech company Block Earner....

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