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BMW’s finance arm secures order against Forum Group for red Ferrari
Financial Services 2022-07-18 4:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The finance arm of luxury car maker BMW has been given the greenlight to repossess a red 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista Coupe purchased by alleged fraudster Bill Papas’ defunct Forum Group.

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‘No relationship’ with reality: Judge rails against ‘grossly inflated’ security estimate
Financial Services 2022-07-14 5:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has slammed a “grossly inflated” estimate of legal costs relied on during a security for costs bid by non-bank lender Aquamore Finance in an appeal over a commercial loan accruing compound interest of 79 per cent per year.

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Online trader shut down following ASIC probe into ‘concerning consumer losses’
Financial Services 2022-07-14 9:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Online trading platform Trade360 will close shop at the end of the month, following an ASIC investigation that found its representatives at an offshore call centre provided personal advice to clients which the company was not licensed to give.

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Bank of Queensland hit with first-ever penalty for Consumer Data Right breaches
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2022-07-13 2:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Bank of Queensland is the first bank to be caught for alleged breaches under the new Consumer Data Right scheme, paying a $133,200 penalty.

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Investment manager for Kahlbetzer family sacked after pregnancy announcement: lawsuit
Employment 2022-07-12 4:41 pm By Sam Matthews

An investment consultant at Kahlbetzer family investment vehicle Twynam Investments has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sacked over the phone a month after telling the company she was planning for a baby.

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NAB denies ‘boys club culture’, says exec carried baseball bat as ‘fidget toy’
Employment 2022-07-11 6:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The National Australia Bank has denied claims by a former senior employee that she was bullied and paid less than other workers because of her gender, saying a manager did not brandish a baseball bat in a threatening way but merely carried it around as a ‘fidget toy’.

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Citigroup settles $300,000 lawsuit over alleged conflicted financial advice
Financial Services 2022-07-08 2:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Citigroup has settled a lawsuit alleging it gave a customer conflicted financial advice to invest most of her savings in “risky” products, despite her being an inexperienced investor with limited funds.

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ASIC hits $1 billion ‘licensee for hire’ firm with court proceedings
Financial Services 2022-07-07 1:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed civil penalty proceedings against advisory firm Lanterne Fund Services, alleging it ran a “wholly deficient business”.

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Zeller locked in trade mark battle with finfluencer Victoria Devine
Intellectual Property 2022-07-06 11:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fintech startup Zeller Technologies has taken millennial financial adviser Victoria Devine to court after she succeeded in quashing its application to trade mark the word ‘Zeller’.

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Volt Bank faces class action investigation into fund raising
Class Actions 2022-07-04 10:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Failed neobank Volt is facing an investor class action investigation over representations made in a series of funding rounds that raised $219 million before announcing last week that it would shut its doors.

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