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Payton Capital eyes 'extensive growth', hires four

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
The real estate fund manager is extending its footprint, establishing a presence in Perth and adding a second Queensland office. Payton Capital has opened an office in Perth and another in the Gold Coast, also announcing four appointees to take the ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has told the Gilbert and Tobin Financial Services Forum that the ACCC has been advocating for reforms to merger control in Australia for years and urged the government to pass the reforms. "These reforms are particularly ...

ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) won't block Stockland and Thai property developer Supalai's plan to acquire 12 of Lendlease's 16 residential community projects, but there are strings attached. The masterplanned communities ...

Consultation begins on new merger notification thresholds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... boost competition and productivity. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement said that they're designed to ensure the ACCC is informed of mergers most likely to be anti-competitive, while minimising the overall compliance burden on businesses. ...

Treasury releases M&A draft reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... streamlining the approval process. The government is looking to create a risk-based system that will be better targeted and the ACCC will be better equipped to identify acquisitions that are most likely to result in harm to competition, consumers, and ...

DG Institute to pay near $20m for misleading courses

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... also reimburse $14.7 million to students who enrolled in the MWC course, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced. The redress orders are to compensate the equivalent amount to the course fees paid by more than 2100 students ...

Stockland, Invesco Real Estate forge land lease deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... greater Perth. The transaction is currently up for regulatory approval with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) commencing its review on February 8. Stockland's land lease community strategy is supported by Australia's ageing ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... that they don't raise any competition concerns. The average period for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to process merger authorisations has been 171 days. Chalmers and Leigh added that they plan to introduce a single expert ...

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... superannuation, investment, payments, and capital market entities. ASIC, APRA, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will all be part of the grid. The Customer ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... take their time and do their research before taking up an investment opportunity - particularly those seen on social media," ACCC deputy chair Catriona Lowe said. "Scammers are creating fake news articles and deepfake videos to convince people that celebrities ...
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