Good afternoon, Star Entertainment’s former chief financial officer Harry Theodore has agreed to a nine-month director ban, settling ASIC’s case ahead of a major trial against his one-time colleagues. Vodafone owner TPG Telecom has become the first Australian company to announce it has banned employees using DeepSeek – urging workers to not even use it on personal devices. Brookfield Capital Partners has joined the fight for takeover target Insignia Financial, matching offers from rivals Bain Capital and CC Capital with a $4.60-per-share bid for the wealth manager. |