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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has not ruled out a challenge to a ruling that two Westpac subsidiaries didn't provide personal financial advice as part of a campaign encouraging customers to roll over external superannuation accounts.
Debt collector ACM Group has been hit with a $750,000 fine for engaging in unconscionable conduct by misleading, harassing and coercing two vulnerable customers while chasing unpaid debts.
A barrister for two units of embattled wealth manager IOOF and three senior company executives facing claims by APRA have criticised the regulator for filing a broad concise statement and no statement of claim after a three-year investigation.
The lead applicant in a class action over the failure of Banksia Securities is on the hook for paying the legal costs of a class member who successfully challenged the funder's cut of a $64 million settlement in the case.
Three former executives of failed Gold Coast finance company MFS Group have lost their challenge to a ruling that they misappropriated $147.5 million in funds prior to the company's collapse.
The government has given the ACCC a $35 million shot in the arm to bring more criminal cartel cases and investigate anti-competitive conduct.
The High Court has granted special leave to mortgage aggregator Connective in a dispute between the firm's founder and major shareholders over a transfer of one-third of the company's shares, in a case that could clarify whether litigation should be considered a prohibited form of financial assistance under the Corporations Act.
A judge has pushed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission into mediation with two NAB wealth management units in its case over $100 million in fees for no service, despite the regulator's contention that mediation is not the best way to move the case forward.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has instituted new proceedings against AMP and its law firm Clayton Utz seeking documents related to the fees for no service investigation the law firm conducted for the wealth manager.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost a bid to have the Federal Court decide a threshold legal question in its dodgy home loan case against Westpac, which is going to trial after a $35 million settlement got the thumbs down.