Sarah Court has been appointed as the first female chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in the regulator’s 35-year history.
A court has slapped Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial with a $14 million penalty for “serious and unlawful misconduct”, including making misleading statements about the product and providing financial advice without a license.
A financial firm director and brother of breakdancer ‘Raygun’ has pleaded guilty to charges over funds suspected of being the proceeds of crime.
An investment manager has been sentenced to six years in prison after accessing confidential information from the computer of Platinum Asset Management’s chairman about a takeover offer and using the intel to trade in shares.
Four former directors of funeral insurance firm Youpla Group have agreed to settle ASIC claims that they breached their directors duties, with a judge allowed remaining claims against former CEO Bryn Jones to head to trial.
More than 38,000 retail investors have received nearly $40 million in refunds after an ASIC investigation found “widespread weaknesses” in how issuers of contracts for difference products comply with their obligations.
A court has largely set aside examination orders against executives and solicitors for oil and gas company Moreton Resources and MRV Metals, finding they were an abuse of process.
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.
One of the country’s leading class action lawyers has left Jones Day for Thomson Geer, the third litigation partner to depart the US-based firm in recent months.