MLC has agreed to cop a $10 million penalty for admitted breaches of the Corporations Act in an ASIC case that alleged the insurer failed to promptly update medical terms in policies and withheld payment of a life insurance benefit.
The parents of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick will seek an inquiry into whether receivers of her property have acted faithfully in managing the assets.
Two executives involved in ANZās $2.5 billion equity capital raising have stood by arguments that the book was covered when the bankās underwriters took up $750 million of the shares, despite ASICās allegations of āreceding demandā on the day of the placement.
ANZ has told a court it had no obligation to disclose a $750M bailout by the underwriters of a $2.5B equity capital raising in 2015, in ASIC’s case alleging the bank breached its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to alert the market to the bailout.
A senior ANZ executive was ādeeply concernedā by the size of the shortfall in its $2.5 billion 2015 equity capital raising, the court heard on the first day of trial in ASICās civil penalty case against the bank over alleged disclosure breaches.
A court has wound up Ascent Investment and Coaching, after ASIC filed proceedings against the company and director Michael Dunjey over concerns that investor funds may have been improperly dealt with.
The High Court has rejected investment group Mayfair 101’s bid to challenge a $30 million penalty following a judge’s finding that it misled investors about the risk profile of its financial products.
Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial is fighting a class action applicantās bid to amend its case for the fourth time, saying it is trying to bring an “entirely new claim”.
The director of collapsed Kingscliff-based hedge fund Goldsky has pleaded guilty to five charges of dishonest conduct.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is fighting a challenge by three KordaMentha partners to the regulatorās decision to allow insurer Atradius to subject them to public examination over their administration of failed steel giant Arrium.