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Trustee of Mayfair’s IPO Wealth looks to dodge liability in $86M class action
The trustee of Mayfair Group's collapsed IPO Wealth Fund has denied claims in a class action that it misled investors who lost $86 million when the fund was wound up, and says it is fully indemnified for the class action's claims under an agreement with the fund.
Mayfair 101’s James Mawhinney banned for 20 years for ‘reprehensible’ conduct
The founder of beleaguered investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has been slapped with an order banning him from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.
Findex’s High Court challenge in case against former financial advisor falls flat
Accounting firm Findex Australia has lost a bid for the High Court to hear its case over a restraint provision against a former financial advisor found to have been unenforcable.
In win for ASIC, judge rules Mayfair misled investors about risk
A judge has handed ASIC a victory in finding that investment group Mayfair 101 misled investors about the level of risk of its financial products, a ruling that will expose the group to pecuniary penalties at a time when a number of its entities have been wound up.
CBA says ‘non-existent’ chance it will make admissions in ASIC’s conflicted remuneration case
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has told a judge there’s no chance it will admit to ASIC’s allegations that it accepted conflicted remuneration through the sale of its Essential Super product, likening the matter to ASIC’s failed ‘Wagyu and shiraz’ case against Westpac.
Trial against Mayfair goes ahead undefended, as a muted Mawhinney listens in
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission presented its misleading and deceptive conduct case against companies in the Mayfair Group in an undefended trial on Monday, while the beleaguered investment group's director watched the online proceedings as a muted observer.
ASIC secures court order to wind up Mayfair 101 unit
A judge has ordered the winding up of M101 Nominees, the issuer of $67 million in notes promoted by James Mawhinney's failed Mayfair 101, which is alleged to owe investors over $211 million.
ATO can’t toss lawsuit by Melbourne migration lawyer who fled to Romania
The Commissioner of Taxation has failed in his bid to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a bankrupt migration lawyer who fled to Romania and owes $4.7 million in taxes, but has managed to strike out some claims a judge found had "no reasonable prospect of success".
Court scraps mediation in ASIC case as Mayfair fails to retain Ashurst
A judge has vacated a scheduled mediation in ASIC's misleading and deceptive conduct case against three companies in the beleaguered Mayfair Group after they failed to procure legal representation despite assurances that lawyers would be engaged promptly.
‘Risky, illiquid and speculative’: Class action launched over Mayfair’s failed IPO Wealth Fund
A class action has been filed against the trustee and responsible entity of the Mayfair Group's IPO Wealth Fund, which was wound up in September after $86 million of investor funds were lost.