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Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Lawyers for victims of the Storm Financial collapse said they have uncovered a document which proves that the Commonwealth Bank knew investors would lose their money during the global financial crisis. Barrister Tony Morris told the Federal Court in ...

Synchron appoints state manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Boutique financial advice licensee, Synchron has named Bernie Fernandes as a new state manager for Western Australia. Prior to his new role, Fernandes was a state manager for Accountancy Insurance and Mortgage Choice in WA, where he successfully restructured ...

Storm's victims counselled against settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
Stewart Levitt, the lawyer representing victims of the failed Storm Financial Group has advised clients not to accept an out-of-court settlement, should one be offered. Levitt advised his clients not to support any move by the Australian Securities ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

NGS Super moves into Qld, WA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
NGS Super will increase its presence in Queensland and Western Australia, with two new business development managers hired to help drive the expansion. The fund is positioning itself to grow so it can achieve the size and economy of scale necessary ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened almost one per cent lower amid renewed worries over government debt in Europe re-emerge. At 1012 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 38.3 points, or 0.91 per cent, at 4,160.8, while the broader ...

Former investment company director pleads guilty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Former Queensland-based director of the purported investment company Tanoak Pty Ltd, Tania Michele Oakley has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges following an ASIC investigation. ASIC alleged that between March 6, 2007 and April 16, 2007, Oakley ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The management of the Australian Property Growth Fund is refusing to disclose its register of unit holders in defiance of an Australian Securities & Investments Commission order, said the directors of CYRE Trilogy. Bank of Queensland Chairman Neil Summersen ...

Treasury heavy handed on portfolio disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
Portfolio disclosure remains a contentious issue for superannuation funds, after it was first flagged in the 2010 Cooper review. It will be a major issue explored at the Financial Services Council annual conference, to be held on 1-3 August at the Gold ...

Macquarie Private expands adviser team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed 13 new advisers across six state offices in a drive to expand the national team, drawing strongly on the three-year-old Morgan Stanley Smith Barney network. The Queensland team has received the most significant ...