ASIC

The corporate regulator has taken a financial products comparison site to court, alleging it misled consumers by representing that it compared options from multiple providers when in reality, consumer enquiries were sold to the highest bidder.

A judge has granted interim freezing orders against Star Investment Group Australia and its director after finding reasonable grounds to suspect it misled investors while promoting a development scheme in regional Victoria.

A company controlled by Paul Chiodo has lobbed a $200 million suit targeting City Built director Roberto Filippini, with the former Keystone director joining the company's liquidators in chasing millions in alleged misappropriated development funds.

A company controlled by Paul Chiodo has lobbed a $200 million suit targeting City Built director Roberto Filippini, with the former Keystone director joining the company's liquidators in chasing millions in allegedly misappropriated development funds.

Beauty brand McPherson's and its former boss are challenging the regulator's win in a case over disclosures related to sales forecasts for the company's Dr LeWinn's skincare range.

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.

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.

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. 

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 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.