Financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC is investigating whether three companies in the Bell Financial Group have contravened anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised concerns about a proposed takeover of NSW-based pet drug maker Jurox by US animal health giant Zoetis.
Aware Finance, formerly StatePlus, has been fined $20 million for charging over 25,000 customers approximately $50 million for services they did not receive.
An appeals court grilled counsel for the ACCC on the first day of a hearing challenging the dismissal of its case over a NSW government deal to privatise two ports, calling on the lawyer to spell out how the state was alleged to be in competition with the consortium that took over the ports.
In a boost to securities class actions, the High Court has ruled that directors of collapsed companies can be subjected to public examination by shareholders wanting to bring civil proceedings.
In a victory for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, a judge has found that builder J Hutchinson entered into an anti-competitive agreement with the CFMEU to boycott an independent subcontractor at a construction site in Brisbane.
Rio Tinto will face a penalty in proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleging the mining giant misled shareholders about the resources of a Mozambique mining company it acquired for $5.8 billion in 2011 and later offloaded for $70 million.
The CDPP’s decision to drop all criminal cartel charges against two banks and four individuals in a “test case” over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement shows the ACCC “lacks expertise and objectivity” on the financial markets and should leave them to ASIC to regulate, according to one of the former accused.
A court has ordered the winding up of investment manager PE Capital Funds Management, whose responsible entity Endeavour Securities has connections to collapsed financial services company Linchpin Capital.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its investigation into Nuix’s financial statements in the lead-up to its 2020 public float, but will continue to probe the troubled tech company’s statements in the period since the initial public offering.