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ANZ faces new class action over retrospective interest on credit cards
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has been hit with a class action for having “unfair” terms in its credit card contracts that allegedly gave the bank the right to charge account holders retrospective interest.
ANZ hit with ASIC action over $18.5B home loan ‘introducer’ program
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched court proceedings against ANZ alleging the banking giant's home loan 'introducer' referral program breached credit laws.
‘Gentle’ trading in ANZ shares an individual decision by banks, ex-JPMorgan boss says
A former JPMorgan managing director has said the three investment banks at the centre of an alleged cartel made individual decisions to trade “gently” in ANZ shares but were conscious of their fellow underwriters' risks following a botched share placement in 2015.
Top JPMorgan execs to face stand before trial after late ACCC disclosure
JPMorgan bigwigs who are key witnesses for the prosecution in its cartel case over ANZ’s botched share placement in 2015 will be questioned by Citibank and Deutsche ahead of trial.
ACCC’s witness statement method ‘quite unfair’, says judge hearing cartel case
The ACCC's practice of successively refining witness statements without saving draft versions was "quite unfair", says a judge overseeing the competition regulator's criminal cartel case over a botched ANZ share placement.
JPMorgan GC sat in on ACCC interviews despite involvement in alleged cartel, court hears
JPMorgan's general counsel for Australia and New Zealand was allowed to sit in on witness interviews during an ACCC cartel investigation into ANZ's $2.5 billion share placement despite allegedly being involved in the cartel conduct, a judge has heard.
Judge slams indictment in cartel case as ‘complete shemozzle’
A judge has declined to quash the indictment in a high-profile criminal case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement but sent prosecutors back to the drawing board to remedy its defects, calling the state of affairs "a complete shemozzle".
Criminal cartel case dropped against ANZ, group treasurer over $2.5B share placement
In a major blow to the competition regulator’s high-profile price-fixing case over ANZ’s $2.5 billion capital raising, prosecutors have dropped all charges against the bank and its group treasurer, Rick Moscati.
ACCC officers face pre-trial grilling in ANZ cartel case as judge questions need for committal
Five enforcement officers of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be cross-examined by lawyers for banks facing price fixing charges over their conduct following ANZ's $2.5 billion capital raising six years ago.
ANZ wins access to JPMorgan settlement chats in cartel case
A judge overseeing a cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement has granted ANZ's bid for unredacted documents which the bank says will support its claims that the case should be permanently stayed because of improper dealings between whistleblower JPMorgan, ASIC and the ACCC.