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ASIC alleges Keystone’s Chiodo used property fund to pay legal fees
Former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo has agreed not to raise money for his property fund Royce Capital after ASIC alleged the fund was secretly being used to cover his legal fees in the regulator’s enforcement action.
ASIC’s five-year bans upheld against former Venture Egg, FSGA advisers
Two financial advisers who copped five-year bans by the corporate regulator for spruiking First Guardian to investors have lost their challenges to the disqualification decisions.
High Court to hear class action appeal against former NAB super trustee
The applicant in a failed class action against former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees over $165 million in conflicted remuneration has won High Court leave to challenge the dismissal of his case.
AustralianSuper agrees to $30M fine over death benefit failures
Australian Super has agreed to pay a $30 million fine in ASIC proceedings over delays in processing almost 7,000 death benefit claims, but a judge has said he does not have enough information to approve the deal. 
Choosi misled customers about comparison service, judge says
In a win for ASIC, a judge has found Choosi misrepresented that its service compared policies from a range of funeral and life insurers, when just two brands were compared.
Former Sequoia boss banned for 10 years over Shield, First Guardian
Former Sequoia CEO Garry Crole has been disqualified for 10 years for his oversight of subsidiary Interprac, whose representatives advised thousands of clients to invest in the failed First Guardian and Shield funds.
Corporate Travel Management, PwC face class action investigation
Corporate Travel Management and PricewaterhouseCoopers may face a class action over financial misreporting after the travel management company said in April that it would reverse $220 million in revenue after a review found it had overcharged customers. 
Ex-NAB unit urges High Court to pass on conflicted remuneration case
Former NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees has urged the High Court to reject a special leave application in a failed class action over $165 million in conflicted remuneration, saying the appeal is highly fact-specific and doesn't raise a matter of public importance.
Lawyers, funder to seek 75% of AMP’s $29M class action settlement
The lawyers and funder behind a settled class action against AMP will ask a court to OK fees and commission totalling almost $22 million, a bill that leaves just $7 million for group members but represents a $43 million loss on actual costs.
ASIC reveals 3 KPMG probes, 500 audit complaints against Big Four
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is reviewing 551 audit-related complaints against KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and EY as part of surveillance triggered by the recent whistleblower scandal.