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Epoch Capital accuses analyst of taking confidential info
Trading firm Epoch Capital has brought proceedings against a quantitative analyst who allegedly downloaded confidential information from the firm’s computers.
BMW’s finance arm secures order against Forum Group for red Ferrari
The finance arm of luxury car maker BMW has been given the greenlight to repossess a red 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista Coupe purchased by alleged fraudster Bill Papas' defunct Forum Group.
Wrong plaintiff, wrong defendant: Payton Securities unit loses professional negligence case
Investment manager Payton Securities has lost a bid to recoup claimed losses over $1.4 million stemming from an allegedly negligent property valuation by Bertacco Ferrier, with a judge finding that the company had not retained the valuer and was not a party to the valuation.
Former Sigma Healthcare exec gets 14 months for insider trading
A former Sigma Healthcare executive has been sentenced to a suspended term of 14 months' in prison after pleading guilty to trading on insider information.
Judge hits pause on ATO’s bid to sink Jan Cameron tax suit
A judge has hit pause on the ATO's application for summary judgment in proceedings launched by ex-Bellamy's Australia director Jan Cameron seeking declarations that a Carribean-based trust does not owe capital gains tax for selling shares in the baby food maker.
Prosecutors secure second guilty plea in Nova Minerals market manipulation case
NSW man Benjamin Cooper has pleaded guilty to manipulating the share price of Nova Minerals in a conspiracy that involved the gold ore mining company's former CEO.
Money transfer biz directors slapped with first-ever sentences for cartel conduct
The directors of two money transfer businesses accused of fixing foreign exchange rates are the first ever individuals to be sentenced in Australia to prison terms for criminal cartel conduct.
ASIC wins guilty plea from investor who posted about ‘fun and games’ of market manipulation
A Melbourne investor who posted in an online forum that a pump and dump scheme was all part of the “fun and games and cat and mouse of the stock market” has pleaded guilty to market manipulation.
Pitcher Partners wants $127M Twigg family lawsuit heard in Victoria
Pitcher Partners has filed a bid to transfer a $127 million lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging the accounting firm helped Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.
Van Eyk Research ex-CEO pleads guilty to dishonesty
A former CEO of defunct investment research firm van Eyk has admitted to breaching his duties by using his position as director of a subsidiary to dishonestly retain control of the company.