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An Administrative Review Tribunal has halved a six-year ban on a former United Global Capital financial advisor imposed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, calling the ban "excessive".
Block Earner has told the High Court that its Earner product was never meant to generate a financial return for users, as the court mulls whether to overturn a ruling that found the cryptocurrency firm did not need a financial services licence.
NAB has sued a group of insurers alleging they are liable to indemnify the bank for a $64.25 million settlement and associated defence costs in a superannuation class action against units MLC and NULIS Nominees.
Insurer Marsh has successfully appealed a finding that it breached its obligation not to use documents discovered in litigation over the $7 billion collapse of supply chain finance firm Greensill in separate proceedings.
Class action settlements hit major milestones last year, with the year’s largest settlements totalling $1.6 billion and one case resolving for a historic $548.5 million.
A judge has ordered Australian Unity to pay a $7.1 million penalty in ASIC proceedings alleging it pumped more than $9.5 million into a risky mortgage scheme without properly vetting investors.
Binance has agreed to a $10 million penalty in ASIC’s case alleging the defunct crypto firm misclassified retail customers as eligible to invest in risky derivatives, but a judge wants more details before approving the deal.
Fresh off being sued by ASIC for investing $300 million into Falcon Capital’s failed First Guardian Master Fund, super trustee Diversa has been hit with additional licence conditions by the prudential regulator.
A MWL financial adviser has been banned for seven years for advising clients to invest most of their super into Keystone's Shield Master Fund, which is suspected of misusing $480 million in investor funds.
Macquarie Securities has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty in a civil suit brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging systemic misreporting of short sales over a 14-year period.