ANZ is optimistic its proposed $4.9 billion acquisition of insurer Suncorp’s banking unit will be cleared by the competition regulator, and is counting on the public benefits of the merger to win approval.
Booktopia has resolved a case by the consumer regulator alleging the online book retailer’s policy that required customers to request a refund within two business days of purchase was misleading.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the OK to Aurizon’s proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of rail haulage company One Rail, after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking from Aurizon to sell One Rail’s east coast business.
Online trading platform Trade360 will close shop at the end of the month, following an ASIC investigation that found its representatives at an offshore call centre provided personal advice to clients which the company was not licensed to give.
Bank of Queensland is the first bank to be caught for alleged breaches under the new Consumer Data Right scheme, paying a $133,200 penalty.
A judge has ordered a defunct telecommunications company to pay $450,000 in penalties for flouting orders requiring it to pay out over $63,000 to its customers.
A judge has ordered that a competition class action against Queensland power companies Stanwell and CS Energy be made open to all energy consumers in the state, saying it was not a “plain vanilla” commercial class action.
A judge has signed off on a $4.7 million settlement in two investor class actions against collapsed sandalwood producer Quintis, two year after an earlier settlement was scuttled as group members kicked off an insurance dispute in pursuit of a better return.
A litigation funder has reaped $7.5 million from the sale of a 20 per cent stake in a shareholder class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the bank’s allegedly lax money laundering compliance.
Channel Seven has asked the Federal Court to terminate a Test cricket and Big Bash League broadcast agreement with Cricket Australia due to alleged contract breaches.