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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 ...

Rodney Forrest re-sentenced for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... former investment manager Rodney Forrest to five years and three months' imprisonment following his appeal for insider trading and procuring others to trade in more than $3 million of Platinum Asset Management shares. Forrest's non-parole period of three ...

Former Big Un chief pleads guilty to insider trading

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... to three years imprisonment to be served by an intensive correction order. Ho was convicted on five counts of insider trading and one count of communicating inside information in respect of Big Un between 2016 and 2018.

Rodney Forrest handed prison sentence for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
Former investment manager Rodney Forrest has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for insider trading and procuring others to trade in more than $3 million of Platinum Asset Management shares. In August 2024, Forrest secretly accessed the computer ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... behalf of Meta shareholders over the group's repeated failures to protect user data, as well as allegations of insider trading against chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The case alleged that these actions damaged Meta and its share price due to billions ...

Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
A former employee of Kerr Neilson's family office, Rodney Forrest, has been charged with insider trading and procuring others to trade Platinum Asset Management shares. At Sydney's Local Court yesterday, Forrest pleaded guilty to two counts ...

TPG co-founder David Bonderman dies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... securities and corporate law at a private firm, during which time he successfully defended one of the most important insider trading cases in US history. It was while working at that law firm that Bonderman met businessman Robert Bass, who would hire ...

ASIC escalates super fund enforcement in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... included taking action in the areas of greenwashing, cryptocurrency, predatory lending, high-cost credit, and insider trading. "Our 2025 enforcement priorities reflect the increased risks consumers are facing that are being driven by cost-of-living pressures. ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... integrity in Australia. ASIC said it will be establishing a dedicated criminal investigation team to swiftly progress insider trading investigations and increase the number of criminal briefs it refers to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. ...

ASIC tells super funds to 'step it up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... are falling short on consistently meeting the fair expectations of their members." In addition, Constant said insider trading was a major problem in Australia and the regulator is determined to crack down. "Now, misconduct damaging market integrity ...
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