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July 29, 2026
Perpetual Taps Mallesons As EQT Pushes $2.6B Takeover Bid
Mallesons is advising Perpetual on EQT's takeover offers after rejecting a third bid worth $2.6 billion but agreeing to give access to private information and engage with them, the asset manager announced on Wednesday.
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July 29, 2026
Big Banks Paid $55M For Mortgage Offset Account Failures
Eight major Australian banks have paid over $55 million in compensation after failing to manage mortgage offset accounts properly, ASIC said in a new report released on Wednesday, warning home loan customers are paying thousands in additional interest.
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July 28, 2026
Pengana Set To Sue After Equities Fund Buy-Back Approval
Pengana International Equities is set to face legal action from its investment manager in a dispute over a shareholder vote to give investors the choice of cashing out of the company by selling back their shares.
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July 28, 2026
Capital Guard Wound Up Over Alleged $17.4M Investor Scam
A New South Wales Supreme Court judge has approved ASIC's proposal to wind up Capital Guard AU Pty Ltd, after the investment firm allegedly misused most of the $17.4 million it raised from investors.
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July 28, 2026
ACCC Wants ASIC Policing Aggressive Financial Sales Tactics
The consumer watchdog says high-pressure, unsolicited sales tactics and lead generation are widespread in the finance industry and should be policed by ASIC by extending the unfair trading practices ban to the sector.
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July 28, 2026
Law Council Says Tribunal Reform Risks Procedural Fairness
The Law Council of Australia warned a Senate committee on Monday that proposed reforms aimed at reducing the Administrative Review Tribunal's backlog, particularly in relation to migration matters, could undermine procedural fairness.
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July 28, 2026
ASIC Wins Record $55M Fines For Harvey Norman, Latitude
Harvey Norman and Latitude Finance have been ordered to pay a combined $55 million in fines by the Federal Court of Australia after advertising a misleading "60 months interest free" payment method without disclosing that it required customers to take out a credit card and pay ongoing account fees.
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July 28, 2026
Victoria Bar Sets Requiem Mass For Late Justice Santamaria
Requiem Mass for former Justice Joseph Santamaria, who served on Victoria's Court of Appeal from 2013 until his retirement in 2018, will be held in Melbourne on Friday, the Victorian Bar announced on Tuesday.
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July 27, 2026
Credit Suisse Wins Privilege Fight Over Greensill Report
Compliance with financial regulators does not necessarily entail a waiver of legal professional privilege, the Federal Court of Australia on Monday has ruled after Credit Suisse bid to stop insurance broker Marsh from accessing an internal report over the Swiss bank's management and involvement with collapsed supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital.
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July 27, 2026
ClearView Shareholders Approve $415M Zurich Takeover
ClearView shareholders overwhelmingly approved the insurer's $415 million acquisition by Zurich Financial Services in a meeting on Monday after the company's board unanimously endorsed the deal.
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July 27, 2026
EQT Lifts Perpetual Bid To $2.6B After Two Rejected Offers
Perpetual has received a new $2.6 billion takeover bid from private equity firm EQT after rejecting two lower offers as insufficient earlier this month, the asset manager said on Monday.
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July 27, 2026
KPMG Barred From Work With Victorian Govt As Partner Fired
KPMG has agreed to stop bidding for Victorian government contracts until September, days after the audit firm said new CEO John Sams fired a partner following new evidence by law firms Allens into the whistleblower allegations.
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July 27, 2026
Treasury To Extend Add-On Insurance Exemptions For 5 Years
Treasury is seeking to extend exemptions from cooling-off periods for home and vehicle add-on insurance for another five years because of their high value to consumers, according to draft regulations released on Monday.
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July 27, 2026
NSW Chief Justice Flags Stress on Judges Mounting Caseload
New South Wales Chief Justice Andrew Bell has raised concerns about the volume of work judges face, describing it as the "single greatest source of stress and pressure on the judiciary" and highlighted the need for proper resourcing of judicial officers and courtrooms.
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July 24, 2026
REST Denied Injunction On Sale Of Dexus-Led Airport Stake
A New South Wales Supreme Court judge on Friday refused REST Infrastructure Trust's bid for an injunction against the sale of its portion of a roughly $4 billion Dexus-led stake in Melbourne and Launceston airports pending appeal, after REST refused to take responsibility for all related damages if the appeals failed.
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July 24, 2026
Federal Court Refuses Mayfair101 Bid To Reopen $30M Case
James Mawhinney, who has been banned from offering financial products for 15 years, and his Mayfair 101 companies have failed in their bid to reopen the case that found they misled investors by falsely advertising high-risk products, leaving the $30 million penalty intact.
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July 24, 2026
Banks Warned Not To Blame Code Breaches On Staff Errors
The independent body that oversees the Banking Code of Practice has warned the industry to not use staff error as an excuse for breaches, urging banks to issue clearer rules for how superiors should review and approve employees' work.
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July 24, 2026
Ex-Director Gets 18 Months For $1.2M Gambling Theft
The NSW District Court sentenced steel supplier director Vickie Anne Vella to 18 months' imprisonment on Thursday after she withdrew over $1.2 million from the firm to gamble.
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July 24, 2026
AG Can Order Review Of Super Split When Couples Separate
The Attorney-General can now order superannuation trustees to review valuation methods used to divide super between married and de facto couples upon separation in family law settlements, under new regulations registered on Wednesday.
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July 24, 2026
SA Court Refuses Bid To Move Bank Dispute To Lebanon
A South Australian Supreme Court judge has rejected a Lebanese bank's bid to stay or dismiss a case alleging Bank Audi wrongly refused to transfer roughly $6.9 million to an Australian man after he had closed his accounts, saying the matter could be pursued in South Australia.
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July 23, 2026
Albanese Plans Fair Work Court To Speed Up Labour Disputes
The Albanese government is planning a new federal Fair Work Court staffed by specialist judges to speed up dispute resolution, it said on Thursday.
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July 23, 2026
ASIC Eyes Simpler Sell-Side Research Rules For IPO Access
ASIC on Thursday proposed to simplify its guidance for how sell-side researchers help clients make investment decisions about initial public offerings and other capital raising, after industry feedback called for less prescriptive guidance to their investment research.
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July 23, 2026
Ex-Coinshype Exec Gets Suspended Sentence In Scam Case
A former financial director of Coinshype, and brother of Australian Olympic breakdancer Raygun, was handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence for dealing with $180,000 in funds from a suspected cryptocurrency scam, ASIC said on Thursday.
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July 23, 2026
Macquarie Orders Allens Review Of KPMG Tender, CEO To Exit
Macquarie Group has commissioned an external review by Allens into the integrity of the tender process for the appointment of incoming auditor KPMG, Chair Glenn Stevens announced at the bank's annual general meeting in Sydney on Thursday.
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July 23, 2026
Caddick Estate Wound Up As Ponzi Investors Recoup $9M
The estate of the late convicted fraudster Melissa Caddick has been wound up in the Federal Court of Australia, bringing to an end the six-year case after investors in the Ponzi scheme she set up recovered $9 million in dividends from her estate and business.