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Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... States, for instance, has double the potential jail-term available as compared to Australia in cases of fraud, insider trading and market manipulation," Whish-Wilson said. "It's not just at the top end of white-collar crime penalties that Australia struggles ...

IOOF appoints head of best advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... Hilton was at the heart of allegations first reported by Fairfax that there were cases of misconduct involving insider trading and front running within IOOF's research division, which provides investment research and analysis to the group's advisers. ...

PwC to review IOOF advice research division

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... commissioned PwC to conduct a review of its advice research division following media reports of misconduct such as insider trading and front running. Group head of research and portfolio construction Matthew Drennan "is currently reviewing existing policies ...

NAB, ABS insider traders jailed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
After being charged in 2014 for insider trading, money laundering and abuse of public office, two men have been sentenced to jail. Reportedly Australia's largest insider trading scheme, the two men's activities resulted in profits of roughly $7 million ...

Former Moody's analyst guilty of insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... total profit made from the trades was $184,408.20. The pair each pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court of NSW to two insider trading charges which occurred between 10 and 14 November 2006. The pair admitted that Joffe had received inside information relating ...

ASIC calls for standard cyber risk measure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... using a market analysis intelligence system to monitor markets in real time. "Using pattern matching, we identify insider trading and market manipulation," he said.

SEC imposes US$4.16bn in penalties

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... equity firms, issuers of municipal bonds, brokers, accounting firms and adviser firms. The SEC also detailed 52 insider trading actions against financial insiders, attorneys and corporate advisers. Actions against investment adviser groups were also ...

ASIC warns of complacency over confidential information

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... information can lead to market misconduct, including breaching continuous disclosure laws and increasing the risk of insider trading. It can also lead to a perception of unfairness amongst shareholders and the broader market." ASIC Commissioner Cathie ...

NAB and ABS employees arrested for insider trading fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... employee and a public servant working for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have been arrested in a case of insider trading. They will appear this afternoon in front of the Magistrate Court in Canberra and in Melbourne to face charges of insider ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... securities regulators have opened up an examination into whether high frequency trading (HFT) firms are involved in insider trading. According to reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are looking ...