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Westpac loses Ausgrid rate swap case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... Ausgrid, purchased from the NSW government. In May 2021, ASIC commenced civil proceedings against Westpac for insider trading, unconscionable conduct, and breaches of its obligations as an AFSL. With the deal between the state government and the consortium ...

Insignia Financial class action dismissed by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... been aware of. This included issues with existing infrastructure and its Research team, instances of suspected insider trading, plagiarism of third-party research, and further compliance breaches. The action alleged this lack of disclosure resulted in ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... of Australian Agricultural Co, Joe Lewis, has been criminally charged in New York for orchestrating a "brazen insider trading scheme." Lewis, founder of investment firm Tavistock Group, is facing 16 counts of securities fraud and three counts of conspiracy. ...

Former Big Un executive smacked with insider trading charge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... Andrew Corner, the former chief financial officer of defunct Australian tech company Big Un, has been charged with insider trading. In 2018, Big Un experienced a spectacular surge before allegations surfaced that it was paying commissions to a financial ...

Ex-Vocus chair indicted for insider trading

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
Former Vocus chair Vaughan Bowen has been indicted on two counts of insider trading relating to the EQT Infrastructure IV Fund's proposal to acquire Vocus. ASIC alleged that Bowen traded over five million Vocus shares in June 2019 while in possession ...

Former Big Un chief charged with insider trading

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
Richard Evans could face up to 10 years in prison following ASIC allegations that he communicated inside information about the former ASX-listed company. Evans, also known as Richard Simon Evertz, was represented by his lawyer in the Downing Centre ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... guidance. REP 741 outlines key conduct risks in fixed income markets, including misleading or deceptive conduct, insider trading and market manipulation. "Participants need to ensure any pricing, market and product information that is communicated to ...

Zipmex files for debt relief amid ongoing crypto crash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... Crypto Weekly Report revealed that in the US the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has been investigating insider trading within crypto exchanges. A former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi and two other individuals Nikhil Wahi and Sameer Ramani ...

Former Vocus chair charged with insider trading

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
A Uniti Group executive director and the former Vocus Group chair was charged with insider trading for dumping his Vocus shares after he knew an acquisition of the company was unlikely to go ahead. Following an ASIC investigation, Vaughan Bowen was ...

Netflix insider trading ring charged

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission has brought insider trading charges against three former Netflix employees. It alleges that the three employees generated more than US$3 million in profits by trading on confidential information about ...
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