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Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... sentences, fully suspended in the Melbourne County Court after being found guilty of market manipulation following an investigation by ASIC into the trading of Genetic Technology Ltd (GTG) shares. Musumeci, 28, of Rockdale, New South Wales, was sentenced ...

ASIC blocks $2m Storm bonus

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... court order stops the couple and the firm Emmanuel Cassimatis & Associates from using the funds. Besides ASIC's investigation, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is also conducting its own investigation on the firm's planners who are FPA member ...

Whistleblower wanted

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... regarding the financial planning firm's dealings. If a formal complaint was made, the FPA would have launched an investigation that may have revealed some of the issues prior to Storm Financial catching the headlines, said Bloch. FPA members and the ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... as a principal member and another against the financial planning firm's individual FPA members in November. The investigation into Storm Financial was cut short when the firm went into voluntary administration, resulting in the termination of the firm's ...

Masu settles Westpoint case

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... on confidential terms yesterday. The other 83 claims in the class action were already privately settled. ASIC's investigation into Masu Financial Management started in December last year on behalf of investors that were advised to invest in a number ...

SMSF trustee fails sole purpose test

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... received the benefits from the complying super funds, ASIC alleged. ASIC's proceedings against Little follow an investigation conducted with the assistance of the Australian Taxation Office. The matter returns to the Downing Centre Local Court on 16 ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... onwards. And given October's experience, it is not looking good. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) investigation shows that the stock market reaches bottom halfway into a recession (the NBER definition). But we won't know when the recession ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... the 2001 recession involved declines in the first and third quarters of 2001 but not in two consecutive quarters.' Investigation by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) revealed that the US has suffered nine recessions since 1950. Of these ...

Fund manager sentenced

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... Nathan has been sentenced to seven years in prison following an Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation that found he had acted dishonestly and gambled investors money. ASIC found Nathan operated an unregistered managed investment ...

Less claims, more benefits: ANZ Super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
ANZ Super has reported a lower than expected number of TPD and death insurance claims, an actuarial investigation found - prompting the fund to lower its premium rates as a reward to its members. The fund's actuary recently completed actuarial investigation ...