A former ANZ trader that sued the bank five years ago for allegedly sacking him for complaining about the bank’s attempted manipulation of the bank bill swap rate wants the trial date pushed out after receiving thousands of documents from the bank.
Online investment platform eToro has won its bid to rely on late expert evidence in ASIC’s first-ever action alleging breach of obligations in designing and selling financial products over high-risk contracts for difference.
National Australia Bank and its home loan lender subsidiary have been ordered to pay a $15.5 million penalty after admitting to mishandling hundreds of customer hardship applications.
The directors of payday lenders Cigno and BSF have filed for special leave to appeal a decision that found them liable for unlicensed credit activity, saying the case raises fundamental questions about the scope of accessorial liability.
Former director of fintech iSignthis, John Karantzis, plans to appeal a ruling that slapped him with a $1 million penalty and disqualification orders for allegedly providing misleading information to shareholders.
The High Court will hear an appeal by Sunshine Loans, which centres on a judge’s recusal in the corporate regulator’s case over unauthorised fees.
Private equity firm Goldstone has lost its bid to lodge an appeal before damages are determined, after a judge found it invalidly terminated its managing director’s employment for standing in the way of a deal with her business partner’s son.
Banks have agreed to refund low income customers a total of $93 million in excessive fees following an investigation by ASIC, but the Commonwealth Bank has refused to make $270 million in further repayments.
A law firm is looking into a potential class action on behalf of investors who pumped $1 billion of their superannuation into two failed funds, amid fears by ASIC of “catastrophic” losses.
The Full Court has rejected ASIC’s appeal of a ruling that fintech Finder did not need a financial services licence to sell its defunct cryptocurrency product, saying the product did not involve a debt for money.