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ANZ breached continuous disclosure rules during $2.5B share placement, court finds
Securities 2023-10-13 5:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found that ANZ breached continuous disclosure rules by failing to disclose a $750 million bailout by underwriters Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JP Morgan during its $2.5 billion equity capital raising in August 2015.

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ASIC seeks urgent orders barring payday lenders from enforcing ‘harmful’ loan contracts
Financial Services 2023-10-11 4:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking to restrain payday lenders Cigno and BSF Solutions from enforcing loan fees against 10,000 customers.

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NAB ‘obliged’ to charge adviser fees at issue in class action, court told
Trials 2023-10-10 10:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NAB unit NULIS Nominees was not only allowed to charge superannuation fund members fees for adviser commissions, it was “obliged” to do so, a court has heard during a class action trial over alleged conflicted remuneration. 

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Benjamin Hornigold sues ex-directors, investment manager over $4M in loans
Financial Services 2023-10-10 3:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Investment fund Benjamin Hornigold has sued two former directors and its investment manager John Bridgeman Limited over a decision to enter into $4 million in loans.

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Seven year-long investor class action over AFSL ‘racket’ headed to High Court
High Court 2023-10-10 1:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against a director of defunct financial services firm Hodgson Faraday is headed to the High Court after seven years of litigation, with the director appealing findings that he was involved in misleading South Korean investors.

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ACCC gives green light to $18.7B acquisition of Origin Energy
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-10-10 10:18 pm By Sam Matthews

The ACCC has approved the buyout of Australian energy giant Origin Energy, after finding that significant competition concerns were outweighed by the likely benefits to the country’s transition to renewable energy.

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Crypto is ‘not money’: Finder Wallet fights ASIC case
Cryptocurrency 2023-10-04 9:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Finder Wallet has argued it did not need a financial services licence to sell its crypto product Finder Earn because it was not money, but instead allowed customers to purchase an asset and acted as a marketing tool to funnel users to its app. 

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ACL offers sell-off to win approval for $1.5B Healius merger
Corporate 2023-10-03 1:17 pm By Sam Matthews

Pathology giant Australian Clinical Labs has proposed a divestiture of collection centres amid competition concerns about its proposed takeover of competitor Healius, the owner of Dorevitch Pathology.

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ACCC shuts down Transurban’s bid for Horizon stake
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-21 11:54 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not sign off on Transurban’s plan to acquire a majority stake in fellow toll road operator Horizon Roads, finding the deal would likely reduce competition for toll road concessions in Victoria.

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ANZ, Suncorp gear up for fight with ACCC over $4.9B merger
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-12 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A battle with the competition regulator over the proposed ANZ, Suncorp tie-up has begun, with the first clash involving a group of rival lenders that want their submissions to the ACCC kept under lock and key.

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