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Judge approves $750,000 penalty against La Trobe Financial despite ‘considerable hesitation’
La Trobe Financial Asset Management will pay just $750,000 for misleading investors in its 48 hour and 90 day notice accounts over a period of more than three years, with a judge saying the company would have faced a penalty "well in excess" of this amount if not for reassuring correspondence from ASIC during its investigation.
Vina Money Transfer to plead guilty in criminal cartel case
Money transfer business Vina Money Transfer and two of five individuals accused of fixing foreign exchange rates on millions of dollars transferred between Australia and Vietnam will plead guilty to criminal cartel charges, a court has heard.
Banksia judge made no allowance for ‘youth and inexperience’ of Mark Elliott’s son, appeal says
The judge who made findings against the son of the mastermind behind the Banksia class action scam may have formed strong views about the 27-year-old's role before he testified and used the flawed suggestion that he was his father's right-hand man as an "evidential gap filler", an appeals court has been told.
AMP’s bid to declass insurance class action ‘antithesis’ of interests of justice, court rules
Financial services company AMP has lost its bid to de-class representative proceedings brought on behalf of 1.5 million insurance customers.
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.
Macquarie Group targeted in second class action over $1.8B Nuix IPO
The battle to lead a shareholder class action against Nuix over its $1.8 billion initial public offering is on, with a second class action lobbed that accuses the embattled technology company and underwriter Macquarie of failing to alert shareholders to a slew of "red flags" in the business.
Class action accuses QSuper of overcharging 140,000 members
Superannuation fund QSuper has been hit with a class action for allegedly overcharging up to 140,000 life insurance customers.
Melissa Caddick’s parents may face court battle over $2.6M Edgecliff property
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.
ASIC gets time to mull class action’s bid to ring-fence $7.2M Dixon Advisory penalty
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.
ACCC approves NAB’s $1.2B acquisition of Citi’s consumer business
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to the National Australia Bank’s proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Citigroup's Australian consumer business, finding the deal is not likely to substantially lessen competition.