February 2022
- Analysis
- Investment banking
Dropped ACCC cartel case filled with shocks from start to finish
For ACCC chairman Rod Sims, the end of the four-year, $50-million case over alleged bank cartel behaviour was as much a shock as the start had been for the bankers.
December 2021
JPMorgan’s Rob Priestley disputes sections of his witness statements
The chairman of JPMorgan Australia told the Federal Court he did not believe he had contributed certain elements contained in statements under his name.
November 2021
- Analysis
- Platinum Year
How Australia’s financial gorilla was born
Wage restraint under the Hawke government came at the price of a national superannuation system, and became a crucial story for The Australian Financial Review.
- Analysis
- Courts
Bank cartel blockbuster destined for the long game
The criminal case brought by the ACCC against several huge banks is becoming a sophisticated game of snakes and ladders in the Federal Court.
September 2021
What it was like to be on the ground in New York on 9/11
Looking back, what strikes the Financial Review’s then New York correspondent was how little people knew on the day.
August 2021
- Opinion
- Investment banking
Core of ACCC’s cartel argument isn’t hurt by reduced claim
Assuming the competition regulator is on the ropes in its criminal cartel case would be a judgment too soon.
- Analysis
- Platinum Year
How the Financial Review survived Fairfax’s folly
It was only the October 1987 sharemarket crash that saved the masthead from falling into the hands of corporate raider Robert Holmes a Court.
July 2021
- Exclusive
- Governance
Alexis George takes the hottest ejector seat in corporate Australia
Shock exits are the AMP way. It’s a history that poisons it and helped create the diminished company that she comes to lead, writes Pamela Williams.
- Updated
April 2021
- Opinion
- Regulation
How ASIC struck a relocation raw nerve in 1994
The checkered history of the regulator with relocation payments goes back to the ’90s, where the recipient was Tony Hartnell.
Inside story: How the ASIC soap opera forced Frydenberg to act
The Treasurer is now determined to make blue-chip appointments to draw a line under the soap opera that has engulfed the corporate watchdog during the James Shipton era.
Castle Rock collapse: ‘I realised he had never been a friend’
Investors finally settled on Friday but those who had known David Campbell for 30 years are coming to terms with the lies behind their lost funds.
Sue or settle: skint Castle Rock investors to decide
Victims of the failed Castle Rock Global Capital are unlikely to have their investments returned.
March 2021
- Exclusive
- Managed funds
Castle Rock Global Capital acted ‘dishonestly and recklessly’
In blunt language, the administrator has described a scheme where investors were baited to put more money in by false statements showing big returns.
- Exclusive
- Managed funds
Castle Rock victims eye widow’s home in bid to reclaim lost funds
After the $26 million they believed was accumulated in Castle Rock Global Capital vanished, wealthy victims have turned their eyes to the home of the founder’s widow.
Sydney elite chasing $26m in Castle Rock scam
Sadness after the death of respected money manager David Campbell turned to anger when it became clear he had duped friends and family out of $26 million.
Judge to probe confidential JPMorgan cartel case documents
Heavily redacted copies of ‘the first accounts’ of JP Morgan executives have been seen by lawyers for the accused, but they want to see what has been redacted.
February 2021
Justice delayed as ACCC case drags on for years
There is no trial date in sight before 2022 for the cartel saga resuming today which involves criminal charges against three banks and six executives, writes Pamela Williams.
December 2020
- Analysis
- Bonds
The bondholders left stranded by Virgin Australia's collapse
Desperate bond investors went into panic mode as the airline fell victim to the pandemic. Thousands were left in financial strife, among them mum-and-dad self-managed super funds.
October 2020
How Scott Morrison learnt to filter out the noise
As a young MP, Scott Morrison was combative. But as Prime Minister – and facing an invisible enemy – he’s found a new modus operandi.
September 2020
AUSTRAC intelligence helps to bust Philippines child sex ring
AUSTRAC’s record-breaking $1.3 billion civil penalty for Westpac has swept the headlines, but behind the scenes work has delivered other wins.