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A New York politician who was one of the earliest supporters of President Donald Trump has been indicted on charges of insider trading related to his investments in Australian biotech firm Innate Immunotherapeutics.
Myer had an obligation to correct remarks by former CEO Bernie Brookes in 2014 that the department store expected increased profits the following year, because there was no reasonable basis for the statement, a court heard Wednesday at the start of trial in a shareholder class action alleging the company breached its disclosure obligations to the market.
Eclipx group is looking at a possible shareholder class action following recent drops in its share price after it disclosed that its published profit growth forecasts need to be revised downwards.
The corporate watchdog can't get its hands on documents detailing Westpac's disciplinary measures against rogue traders or communications between the employees ahead of a penalty hearing in a case that found the bank attempted to influence the Bank Bill Swap Rate.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will get a $70.1 million boost to fight corporate wrongdoing as part of a funding package that includes a plan to embed ASIC staff in the big four banks and AMP.
A Perth businessman has filed an appeal of a judge's ruling that an email forwarded by a Gadens lawyer from ASIC alerting him that he had been disqualified from serving as a director constituted proper notification.
A week before WorleyParson's CEO promised shareholders net profits in excess of $322 million for the 2014 financial year, the engineering group's global finance director told its CFO that the company's earnings targets were "a stretch", according to an email uncovered in a shareholder class action.
The judge overseeing the GetSwift class action proceedings was bent on picking a winner from the outset and should be removed from the case for rehearing, a barrister for one of the losing law firms told the Full Federal Court Monday.
A cane farmer in his 80's suffering from Alzheimer's disease will get $6.6 million back that he invested in a failed technology venture, after a judge found the private equity company that arranged the investment exploited the man's disability.
Settlements totaling $39 million have been reached in two class actions against the former trustee of failed investment groups LKM Capital and GR Finance.