ASIC has secured an interim injunction against financial adviser Ferras Merhi, whose network of advisers is accused of leading thousands of clients to invest $526 million into two failed funds.
ASIC wants an injunction against a financial adviser whose “honey pot” marketing allegedly led to 6,000 clients pumping over $520 million into the collapsed Shield and First Guardian funds.
ANZ has agreed to pay $240 million in penalties to resolve four separate cases by the corporate regulator, including a record $80 million penalty for unconscionable conduct in its dealings with the federal government.
A $59 million settlement has been reached in a long-running class action accusing five major banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging.
ASIC has won winding up orders against investment firm Falcon Capital and its managed investment scheme First Guardian Master Fund, after raising concerns about potential risks to investors.
A judge has ordered soft class closure ahead of mediation in a class action against five major banks over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging, saying the applicant’s subjective view on what will assist mediation should not be imposed on the banks.
A judge has questioned the applicant’s opposition to soft class closure in a class action accusing five major banks of rate-rigging, a measure the banks say could save “tens of millions” in legal expenses.
Glencore-owned Viterra must pay indemnity costs to four Joe White employees it dragged into a 10-year feud with Cargill over the $420 million sale of the Joe White business, after a judge found its claims against them were “hopeless from the outset”.
Citibank has argued group members should be asked to sign on to a class action accusing five major banks of entering a cartel agreement to rig foreign exchange rates before evidence is filed in the case, saying it was impossible to know how much the claims were worth.
A judge has largely granted a bid by port operations provider Engage Marine to obtain copies of restricted documents in the ACCC’s case against TasPorts as it mounts its own case against the government-owned body, despite noting that principles of open justice don’t dictate an “open slather” approach to documents.