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ASIC says it lacks evidence to charge Nuix CEO with insider trading
Securities 2024-04-08 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its investigation into whether Nuix’s chief executive officer Jonathan Rubinsztein unlawfully bought shares in the company after learning about a potential takeover offer.

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Funder of failed competing class action wants cut of $16M Dixon Advisory settlement
Class Actions 2024-04-03 4:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A funder that bankrolled a class action that was stayed against Dixon Advisory has argued it should receive $969,000 from a $16 million settlement reached in the competing proceedings that went ahead, saying its costs were spent to protect group members’ interests.

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ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard over $1B fund
Securities 2024-03-28 4:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its first civil penalty proceeding in a greenwashing case, with a court finding against Vanguard Investments over its $1 billion “ethically conscious” hedge fund.

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Jan Cameron fined $8,000 for failing to disclose interest in Bellamy’s
White Collar 2024-03-28 10:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has been fined $8,000 after being found guilty of two counts of breaching the Corporations Act for failing to disclose her stake in the baby formula company. 

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Perth adviser jailed for insider trading in Genesis Minerals shares
Securities 2024-03-27 3:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A former corporate adviser will spend at least nine months in jail after pleading guilty to trading in Genesis Minerals shares in September 2021 with insider knowledge, netting almost $60,000 in profits. 

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Judge rejects ASIC’s first case over unfair insurance contract terms
Insurance 2024-03-22 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed the corporate regulator’s first-ever case over unfair insurance contracts terms, finding it was not unfair for an insurer to require customers to notify it if anything changed about their home or its contents.

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ASIC wins travel ban against Dubber CEO, solicitor
Technology 2024-03-22 12:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won an interim travel ban against the CEO of software company Dubber Corporation and its external solicitor in Melbourne, with the regulator saying it suspects misuse of term deposit funds. 

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ASIC wins another guilty plea in relation to $180M Ponzi scheme
White Collar 2024-03-20 3:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has secured a third guilty plea stemming from its investigation into a $180 million Ponzi scheme run by the Courteney House group of companies.

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WA biotech hit with $1.8M penalty for misleading market during pandemic
ASIC 2024-03-20 3:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Western Australian biotech Holista Colltech to pay a penalty of $1.8 million for making misleading representations to the market about sales of its natural sanitiser product during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hit its CEO with a four-year ban. 

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Liquidators may have $43M in claims against Blockchain exec, judge says
Cryptocurrency 2024-03-19 2:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined to set aside a travel ban against a former director of collapsed cryptocurrency platform Blockchain Global, noting that the company’s liquidators may have claims of up to $42.9 million against him. 

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