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ASIC seeks urgent orders barring payday lenders from enforcing ‘harmful’ loan contracts
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking to restrain payday lenders Cigno and BSF Solutions from enforcing loan fees against 10,000 customers.
NAB ‘obliged’ to charge adviser fees at issue in class action, court told
NAB unit NULIS Nominees was not only allowed to charge superannuation fund members fees for adviser commissions, it was "obliged" to do so, a court has heard during a class action trial over alleged conflicted remuneration. 
Benjamin Hornigold sues ex-directors, investment manager over $4M in loans
Investment fund Benjamin Hornigold has sued two former directors and its investment manager John Bridgeman Limited over a decision to enter into $4 million in loans.
Seven year-long investor class action over AFSL ‘racket’ headed to High Court
A class action against a director of defunct financial services firm Hodgson Faraday is headed to the High Court after seven years of litigation, with the director appealing findings that he was involved in misleading South Korean investors.
ACCC gives green light to $18.7B acquisition of Origin Energy
The ACCC has approved the buyout of Australian energy giant Origin Energy, after finding that significant competition concerns were outweighed by the likely benefits to the country's transition to renewable energy.
Crypto is ‘not money’: Finder Wallet fights ASIC case
Finder Wallet has argued it did not need a financial services licence to sell its crypto product Finder Earn because it was not money, but instead allowed customers to purchase an asset and acted as a marketing tool to funnel users to its app. 
ACL offers sell-off to win approval for $1.5B Healius merger
Pathology giant Australian Clinical Labs has proposed a divestiture of collection centres amid competition concerns about its proposed takeover of competitor Healius, the owner of Dorevitch Pathology.
ACCC shuts down Transurban’s bid for Horizon stake
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not sign off on Transurban's plan to acquire a majority stake in fellow toll road operator Horizon Roads, finding the deal would likely reduce competition for toll road concessions in Victoria.
ANZ, Suncorp gear up for fight with ACCC over $4.9B merger
A battle with the competition regulator over the proposed ANZ, Suncorp tie-up has begun, with the first clash involving a group of rival lenders that want their submissions to the ACCC kept under lock and key.
ACCC delays decision on Coles acquisition of Saputo plants
The ACCC has delayed its decision on whether to greenlight Coles' plans to acquire milk processing plants from Saputo, after expressing competition concerns about the $105 million deal.