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Forex trader Berndale Capital placed into receivership
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid for a court order placing Melbourne-based forex trader Berndale Capital into receivership for allegedly failing to safeguard client money.
Funder in class action against RMBL wants 30% commission if case drags on past August
The litigation funder backing a consumer protection class action against mortgage lending and investment firm RMBL Investments will earn a step-up commission of 30% if the case continues into September, according to a proposed common fund order.
Ex-NAB financial adviser charged with fraud over alleged theft of clients’ money
A former NAB financial adviser has been charged with fraud after allegedly impersonating clients and stealing $166,5oo from their accounts, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said Thursday.
Ex-Aussie Home Loan boss can’t escape $1M ruling that he duped Adcock Private Equity
Former Aussie Home Loans boss Stephen Porges has lost an appeal of a judgment ordering him to pay more than $1 million to a private equity firm that was found to have been duped into buying his worthless shares in a beleaguered startup.
Citigroup agrees to $3M refund after ASIC raised ‘personal advice’ concerns
Citigroup has agreed to refund $3 million to 114 customers that suffered losses stemming from investments in complex financial products, after ASIC raised concerns that some of the customers may have thought they were getting personal rather than general advice.
IOOF dismisses ‘speculative’ shareholder class action
Wealth manager IOOF has dismissed a shareholder class action lawsuit related to allegations of misconduct aired at the Banking Royal Commission, calling it "speculative and unfounded".
ACCC brings criminal cartel charges against money transfer business
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought criminal cartel charges against a money transfer business and five individuals for allegedly fixing the foreign exchange rate on millions of dollars transferred between Australia and Vietnam between 2011 and 2016.
ALRC to tackle ‘comprehensive’ review of corporate crime laws
Months after submitting its final report on the country's class action regime, the Australian Law Reform Commission has been tasked with undertaking a "comprehensive" review of the effectiveness of the country's corporate crime laws, including whether the criminal code should be altered to make senior executives liable for company misconduct.
Judge can’t be mediator too, court says in ex-Macquarie advisers’ wage case
A judge has refused a bid by Macquarie Bank and a group of former financial advisers to preside over a mediation of their spat over $2.6 million in wages, saying a judge can't act as a mediator and he wouldn't do it even if he could.
CBA customers offered $9.3M for bad financial advice
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has offered $9.3 million since 2014 to customers that suffered loss when advisers in two of its financial planning units put their money into high-risk investments without their permission.