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11 June 2020 • By Lachlan Maddock • 1 min read

Former CFO charged with market manipulation and fraud

ASIC alleges the CFO attempted to manipulate the price of his company’s shares on the Australian Securities Exchange. Zhonghan Wu, the former chief ...

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Commonwealth Bank faces down class action

The bank says it will “carefully consider” any allegations it sold customers junk credit card and personal loan insurance. Slater and Gordon has ...

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Stimulus a victim of its own success

The $60 billion JobKeeper bungle was a result of Australia weathering the storm better than previously expected. JobKeeper was formulated in the ...

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Big four bank hit with multi-million dollar penalty

A big four bank has been ordered to pay a $5 million dollar penalty by the Federal Court after it was found to have breached the ASIC Act and the ...

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Treasury flags tough foreign investment changes

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has flagged massive changes to foreign investment rules as Australia’s geopolitical climate becomes more complex

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ASIC cancels licence of retail OTC issuer

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a retail OTC derivative issuer after its clients lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. ASIC cancelled the AFSL of ...

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ASIC further suspends stockbroker AFSL

ASIC has issued a further suspension on the AFSL of a firm that once claimed to be “the largest independent stockbroker in Australia and New Zealand ...

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Westpac risk culture ‘immature and reactive’

An independent review has found Westpac’s problems were “sins of omission, not commission” – but the troubled bank is far from exonerated

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Westpac reveals AUSTRAC review

The embattled bank has unveiled its own findings into the millions of breaches of anti-money laundering law ahead of a potential billion dollar ...

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Regulators frisking ME Bank after redraw bungle

ASIC has blasted how industry fund-owned ME Bank handled its controversial redraw changes, with the regulator alongside APRA indicating they are ...

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