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Judge backs ASIC plan to ban OTC binary options as issuers hit with $75M penalty
Financial Services 2020-10-16 4:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Over-the-counter derivative issuers AGM Markets, OT Markets and Oxifin Tech have been ordered to pay a total of $75 million in penalties after a ruling that they engaged in unconscionable conduct causing losses of over $30 million to unsophisticated investors seeking what a judge called “financial heroin hits”.

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Spotless class action settlement approved after funders drop $1.5M battle for extra costs
Class Actions 2020-09-02 3:48 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has signed off on a $95 million settlement in a shareholder class action against Spotless after a heated exchange saw the funders backing the lawsuit drop their bid for $1.5 million in costs above their commission.

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ASIC wins unconscionable conduct case against OTC derivatives issuer AGM Markets
Financial Services 2020-02-27 10:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ASIC has notched up a win against derivative issuer AGM Markets and two of its authorised representatives, with a court finding they engaged in misleading, deceptive and unconscionable conduct that caused investor losses of over $30 million.

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Judge ‘defies anyone’ to understand confusing Surfstitch opt out notice
Class Actions 2019-10-25 10:34 am By Miklos Bolza

A judge has ordered the legal teams behind two settled Surfstitch class actions to have another crack at the opt out notice, saying the current version is “just too confusing” for group members.

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