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Macquarie breached obligations over Shield fund, court finds in ASIC case
Macquarie Investment Management has been found to have breached its obligations after members invested $321 million in Keystone Asset Management's failed Shield fund, but the super trustee will not pay a penalty.
ASIC can pursue case against retailer Snaffle over ‘inflated’ prices
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been given the green light to pursue a consumer case alleging defunct online retailer Snaffle charged consumers inflated prices.
Forum Finance director banned by ASIC for maximum period
Forum Finance director Vince Tesoriero has been banned from managing companies for five years due to his involvement in the failure of 20 companies, including Forum, through which he and partner Bill Papas defrauded Westpac out of $400 million. 
Court orders Macquarie to pay $35M in ASIC’s short-sale reporting case
A court has ordered Macquarie Securities to pay an agreed $35 million penalty after finding that “serious deficiencies" in its reporting systems resulted in repeated failures to accurately report short sales.
Super fund that vetoed First Guardian can shield due diligence intel
Super fund HUB24, which rejected the now collapsed First Guardian fund as an investment for members, can protect its due diligence process from getting into the hands of rival Diversa, whose members weren't so lucky.
Keystone-linked developer challenges $158M freezing order
Developer Robert Filippini, who is suspected of fraudulently receiving investor money from defunct Keystone Asset Management, is seeking to appeal an extension of freezing orders over family trusts that hold property and several luxury cars.
‘The case we had to take’: ASIC chair says directors must heed Star ruling
Describing it as the most significant corporate governance action taken in his time at ASIC, the regulator's chief says the Star case is a wake-up call for directors.
ASIC bans another MWL Financial adviser for spruiking Shield
A seventh person linked to MWL Financial has copped a ban for recommending Keystone's Shield Master Fund, which collapsed alongside the First Guardian Fund owing over $1 billion.
Star judgment a ‘salient warning’ to company directors, GCs, say experts
The judgment in ASIC's case against Star's top executives and directors sounds a warning that board members need to proactively test information and serves as a "stark reminder" to general counsel that their duties are owed to the company, not management, experts tell Lawyerly.
ASIC files bid to wind up Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Bell
The corporate regulator has filed proceedings seeking to wind up a company in the steel empire of billionaire Sanjeev Gupta for failure to lodge financial reports for four years.