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Astarra director convicted by NSW Supreme Court

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Justice Peter Garling convicted the 36-year-old Canadian-born investment manager of two counts of dishonest conduct over the Trio Capital fraud. Investors lost $180 million from two investment funds managed by Trio Capita, namely Astarra Strategic and ...

Advisory firm directors may challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... are considering a legal challenge to a three-year ASIC ban imposed after clients lost money in funds associated with the Trio Capital superannuation fund fraud. ASIC said on Tuesday it was holding financial advisers to account as gatekeepers over the ...

Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Former Trio Capital Limited (Trio) director, Natasha Beck, has acknowledge her part in the firm's collapse and offered an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which it has accepted. Faced with a possible ...

ASIC accepts EU from Kilara Financial Solutions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Kilara Financial Solutions, will take on an independent compliance expert at its own cost after having switched clients to Trio Capital super products. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted the Enforcable Undertaking ...

Shorten ups Trio super levy to $750,000

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... $750,000 under the compensation levy being introduced to recoup the lost $55 million for the victims of failed investment firm, Trio Capital. Under new regulations announced, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has raised the maximum levy payment amount ...

Dissident investors could prompt REIT revival

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... A-REITs continue to trade at an NTA discount with the sector still recovering from the mauling it took during the GFC. A trio of hedge funds is now battling to liquidate the Charter Hall Office REIT Trust and other similar scenarios are expected to play ...

Proposed tough planner rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... in the interest of their clients. Increasing the impact and reach of ASIC to combat such situations as Storm Financial and Trio Capital, planners may potentially face fines of up to a million dollars and lifetime bans for breaches of new regulations. ...

Charter Hall battling hedge funds over office REIT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
Superannuation funds could have a say in the future of Charter Hall Office REIT's $2 billion Australian portfolio if a trio of US hedge funds continues to agitate for a sale. Charter Hall Office REIT has confirmed that it will sell 100 per cent of the ...

Timbercorp trio face the music

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... Rabinowicz, Robert Hance and Gary Liddell were all named in the lawsuit led by Victorian firm Macpherson + Kelly Lawyers. The trio face allegations that they did not fully disclose the true state of Timbercorp's finances from 2007 to 2009. The burned ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... court action can be difficult, costly and time-consuming for victims of fraud, such as those burnt by superannuation fund Trio. "In situations of fraud and theft, often they (the perpetrators) shoot through so you can't effectively take court action. ...