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Financial planner pleads guilty to dishonesty on eve of criminal trial
Financial Services 2023-01-25 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Melbourne stockbroker Bradley Grimm has pleaded guilty to charges of dishonesty following an investigation alleging Grimm — whose wife is a former ASIC employee — […]

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Companies hit with $150,000 penalty for failing to cooperate with AFCA
Financial Services 2023-01-24 6:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Two home finance companies and their father-son directors have been hit with $150,000 in penalties after a judge found they failed to cooperate with the […]

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Thomson Geer snags Finlaysons partner for banking practice
Financial Services 2023-01-24 10:00 am By Cindy Cameronne

Thomson Geer has lured a long-standing partner from Adelaide firm Finlaysons to lead its banking and finance team after its former banking head partner decided […]

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Departing ASIC commissioner to head Vanguard’s in-house legal team
Financial Services 2023-01-17 2:02 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes will step down next month after taking a role with investment manager Vanguard – which paid a $40,000 fine to the […]

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Harvey Norman, Latitude file ‘fine print’ defence to ASIC claims
ASIC 2023-01-09 3:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Retail giant Harvey Norman and consumer credit provider Latitude Finance have hit back at ASIC claims that they ran misleading ads for interest-free finance, saying […]

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Ex-Spaceship Capital director wins appeal of banning order
ASIC 2023-01-06 12:48 pm By Sam Matthews

A former director of Spaceship Capital Limited has succeeded in overturning a banning order imposed by ASIC, with a tribunal finding he may have been […]

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‘Spurious’ arguments cost James Mawhinney in successful appeal of 20-year ban
Appeals 2022-12-22 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

The founder of investment group Mayfair 101 must foot half his costs of a successful appeal of a 20-year ban on fund raising because of […]

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ACCC to weigh competition with, and without, Armaguard, Prosegur tie-up
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-21 10:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

The proposed Armaguard merger with rival Prosegur will clearly reduce competition in the cash transport industry but the world without the tie-up might be just […]

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‘ASX Wolf’ trader’s Instagram account was unlicensed financial services biz, court rules
Financial Services 2022-12-20 4:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Gold Coast ‘finfluencer’ Tyson Scholz provided illegal financial services by giving tips on his Instagram account and to customers who paid for access to his […]

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Despite pleading guilty, CBA dodges criminal case over consumer credit insurance
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-12-20 9:39 am By Christine Caulfield

A precedential ruling on the statute of limitations in a separate case has forced the dismissal of criminal charges against the Commonwealth Bank — after […]

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