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Former fund manager admits to obstructing SEC probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... Asset Management co-chief investment officer Ken Leech pleaded guilty to obstructing an investigation into a fraudulent trading scheme that disadvantaged certain clients. At the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Leech admitted ...

IFM raises Atlas Arteria's bid, urges shareholders to accept

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... offer is not fair," Kroll said. IFM, on the other hand, urged shareholders to accept the bid at a premium to undisturbed trading prices and warned the price may fall in value materially following the offer. Additionally, it called Atlas Arteria's independent ...

ASIC secures record $300m penalty over 'egregious' CFD misconduct

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... Standard, $114.1 million against Maxi EFX Global AU, which traded as EuropeFX and $29.4 million against BrightAU Capital, trading as TradeFred. The case centred on systemic unconscionable conduct between 2018 and 2020 that resulted in customers of EuropeFX ...

ASX to pay $23m, admits misrepresentation over CHESS replacement

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... right direction. "Since go-live of Release 1, CHESS has continued to perform strongly, consistently processing elevated trading volumes during periods of heightened global market volatility - underscoring its resilience and scalability," Yip said. "The ...

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... said. Nasdaq has revised its eligibility framework to admit new mega-cap listings to the Nasdaq-100 after as little as 15 trading days, down from the previous requirement of at least three months of trading. "When companies of this scale enter benchmarks ...

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... intermediaries. Just the insight, tools and transparency you need to invest with confidence," the profile page states. W4.0 is the trading name of W Four Point Zero FZE LLC and is registered in the United Arab Emirates. Woodford is the former 'YouTube ...

Franklin Templeton's Western AM hit with US$100m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... known as 'cherry-picking', in which Leech would place trades with brokers and routinely wait until later in the trading day to allocate the trades among clients in the portfolios he managed. At the time, the SEC charged Leech with violating antifraud ...

Canopy Investors shuts doors, winds up fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... benchmark's return of 6.7%. Incepted in June 2024, the fund invested in 20 to 40 high-quality, global small- and mid-caps trading at attractive prices. It charged a management fee of 1.15% p.a. "This has been a disappointing period of both absolute ...

US proposes fresh tariffs on Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... to enforce a ban on slavery, which made it difficult for US businesses to compete. "The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labour is unacceptable. This creates a dynamic where American ...

Big Un finance chief's insider trading charges dropped

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
Big Un's former chief financial officer has been freed of insider trading charges following a hung jury and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) concluding it will discontinue further action. Andrew Corner's five-week trial ...
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