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Macquarie Bank fined almost $5M for market gatekeeper failures
Financial Services 2024-09-25 1:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Macquarie Bank has been fined a record $4.995 million for failing to stop the placement of suspicious orders on the electricity futures market.

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Ex-Linchpin director loses appeal of $150,000 penalty
Appeals 2024-09-24 2:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The director of collapsed investment firm Linchpin Capital has lost his challenge to a $150,000 penalty, with an appeals court dismissing his arguments as “carping criticism”.

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Failed CBA class actions want to stay fight over costs
Class Actions 2024-09-19 3:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two failed shareholder class actions against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia want to delay paying the bank’s costs until after their 62-ground appeal is heard.

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REST’s reliance on law firms’ advice a winning defence in ASIC case
Financial Services 2024-09-18 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has tossed ASIC’s case against REST over alleged misleading representations, finding the representations were statements of opinion reasonably held based on the advice of lawyers.

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Keystone administrators win $100M freezing order against developer
Construction 2024-09-18 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has made freezing orders against Melbourne developer City Built and director Robert Filippini, who allegedly received $160 million in investor funds from Keystone Asset Management.

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Former Berndale Capital director pleads guilty over misuse of funds
Financial Services 2024-09-18 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former director of collapsed Melbourne derivatives broker Berndale Capital Securities has pleaded guilty to offences connected to his misuse of company funds.

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Mastercard takes swipe at use of Reserve Bank statistics in ACCC’s case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-17 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mastercard is fighting an evidentiary win for the competition watchdog in a case alleging the payments giant misused its market power in deals with major retailers.

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Former JPMorgan trader pleads guilty to fraud charges
Financial Services 2024-09-16 3:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former JPMorgan executive has pleaded guilty to fraud for allegedly misappropriating nearly $1 million from clients of his defunct companies.

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Ex-AMP exec settles defamation suit against The Australian publisher
Defamation 2024-09-12 10:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AMP’s former head of advice has settled defamation proceedings over a story in The Australian that suggested he misled ASIC during the banking royal commission. 

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Westpac risk manager claims bank painted her a ‘troublemaker’
Employment 2024-09-06 3:13 pm By Andy Sidler

Westpac’s head of audit and risk has taken her employer to court, claiming the bank shut down her compliance concerns about its shuttered mortgage broking subsidiary RAMS and stigmatised her as a “troublemaker” after she made repeated inquiries into the matter.

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