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Melissa Caddick’s parents may face court battle over $2.6M Edgecliff property
ASIC 2021-11-25 4:38 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The parents of accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick may need to bring court proceedings to retain their $2.6 million Edgecliff home and recoup $1.2 million they gave to their daughter for the mortgage.

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ASIC gets time to mull class action’s bid to ring-fence $7.2M Dixon Advisory penalty
ASIC 2021-11-25 1:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A court has delayed a hearing on a bid by the applicant in a class action against Dixon Advisory to freeze a $7.2 million penalty secured by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission against the self-managed superfund provider so the corporate regulator can consider its position on the request.

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ASIC imposes new conditions on ASX following multi-billion dollar outage
ASIC 2021-11-24 5:41 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has imposed additional license conditions on the Australian Securities Exchange after operational issues created a “very serious” outage last year.

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Melissa Caddick’s company wound up, with $23.5M owing to investors
ASIC 2021-11-22 9:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

ASIC has won its bid to wind up accused Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick’s company and appoint final receivers to realise her assets, paving the way for some repayment to the dozens of family and friends who invested with Caddick and are still owed $23.5 million.

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IOOF to face expanded misconduct allegations in shareholder class action
APRA 2021-11-19 3:35 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has given the green light to expanded misconduct allegations in a shareholder class action against IOOF, including claims of insider trading and front-running.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney files complaints against ASIC lawyers
ASIC 2021-11-19 3:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Mayfair 101 director James Mawhinney is seeking disciplinary action against ASIC’s lawyers over a media release accusing him of breaching a 20-year ban on raising funds and which disclosed the regulator had asked a court to hold him in contempt.

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Dixon Advisory class action wants court to hold penalty in ASIC case
ASIC 2021-11-19 1:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The applicant in a class action against self-managed superfund provider Dixon Advisory wants to intervene in ASIC’s proceedings, which the company agreed to resolve for $7.2 million, saying any penalty in the case should be held by the court until the resolution of the class action.

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ASIC hits MLC with $17.5M court action over insurance failures
ASIC 2021-11-19 9:14 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The corporate regulator has taken MLC Limited to court, alleging the insurer’s failure to implement proper systems and controls over a more than 20 year period caused $17.5 million in harm to over a quarter million consumers.

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‘Cranky’ judge slams ‘disgraceful’ year-long privilege fight in class action against Westpac units
APRA 2021-11-18 4:48 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has scolded Slater & Gordon and two Westpac subsidiaries for a “disgraceful” privilege spat in a class action over allegedly excessive superannuation fees that he said had “gone badly off the rails”.

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Low GetSwift class action settlement to get OK despite ‘slam dunk’ case
Alan Shearer 2021-11-18 2:39 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has indicated he will approve the ‘very low’ GetSwift class action settlement because the company appeared to be broke, but the law firm behind the case has been pulled up by the court for a previous costs estimate that has blown out by $3 million.

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