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Class action against Qoin issuer flags tweaks to case after ASIC win
Cryptocurrency 2024-05-24 1:12 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against BPS Financial may abandon some claims after a judge found in a separate case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that the Qoin cryptocurrency issuer made false and misleading claims about its product.

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ANZ says bailout by underwriters of $2.5B share placement not relevant to ASX
Securities 2024-05-23 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

Challenging a ruling that it breached its continuous disclosure obligations, ANZ has argued on appeal that it did not need to inform the ASX of a bailout by the underwriters of a 2015 institutional share placement because the information didn’t go to the fundamental value of its shares.

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BitConnect’s former Aussie promoter John Bigatton pleads guilty
Cryptocurrency 2024-05-20 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former BitConnect national promoter John Louis Bigatton has pleaded guilty over his role in marketing the online cryptocurrency platform, a global Ponzi scheme that reached a market capitalisation of $5 billion before its collapse.

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ASIC investigating ANZ over role in government bond issuance
Investigation 2024-05-14 11:12 pm By Andy Sidler

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is investigating ANZ’s dealings in its role as risk manager of 10-year government treasury bonds worth $14 billion. 

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AlphaThorn investment manager pleads guilty to forging performance reports 
Financial Services 2024-05-13 11:18 pm By Andy Sidler

A former AlphaThorn investment manager has pleaded guilty to charges of forging performance reports for two products to woo potential investors.

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JP Morgan cops $775,000 fine for ‘careless’ failure to flag suspicious commodities trading
Securities 2024-05-09 11:19 pm By Andy Sidler

Investment bank JP Morgan Securities has been fined $775,000 by the corporate cop after it failed to interrogate a number of unusual orders on wheat futures that should have raised red flags.

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Qoin crypto issuer made misleading statements, court finds in win for ASIC
Cryptocurrency 2024-05-03 11:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has found Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial made false and misleading claims about its product, in a win for the corporate regulator and a likely boost for a class action against the Gold Coast-based digital currency company.

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ASIC takes Magnis Energy, chair to court over battery plant disclosures
Securities 2024-04-30 3:59 pm By Andy Sidler

ASIC has brought proceedings against renewables company Magnis Energy Technologies and its executive chairman for allegedly misleading the market about the capabilities and funding for the company’s “flagship” battery production facility in New York. 

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ASIC bans Centrepay credit lines at Urban Rampage stores
Financial Services 2024-04-29 11:24 pm By Andy Sidler

Concerned that First Nations customers are being targeted, the corporate regulator has ordered the owner of the Urban Rampage clothing chain to end Centrepay credit facilities.

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Clive Palmer’s case over compulsory examination an abuse of process, ASIC says
White Collar 2024-04-26 3:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The corporate regulator is seeking to stay proceedings brought by Clive Palmer challenging the lawfulness of a seven year-old compulsory examination being used in a criminal case against him, arguing the billionaire’s litigation is an abuse of process.

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