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Directors face prison term for lack of disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... Hallmark Gold and Welcome Stranger Mining Company, following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Under the Corporations Act, both directors were found to have controlled shares using offshore entities, provided misleading ...

APRA bans former Zurich CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... Butler, disqualified in February 2007. Five other former executives have also been disqualified in the course of the investigation. APRA concluded Jones was aware of, facilitated and misled ZAIL's board and investors about a transaction with General ...

Regulators clamp down on illegal super schemes

... often promoted by word-of-mouth and target particular groups within the community. "Several schemes currently under investigation have affected people working in the aged care industry including nurses, carers and kitchen staff, as well as the Pacific ...

Citigroup not guilty of insider trading

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... disclosure, market manipulation and insider trading," D'Aloisio said. "Part of the work of the team will be to assess new investigation techniques, building on best practice overseas. The team's remit will be broad. It will cover both exchange-traded ...

Members covered for fraud but not bad investments

... the headlines in 2003 after super fund regulator the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) launched an investigation on alleged fraudulent conduct and theft. Of the $24 million funds under management (FUM) reported by the trustee, only $13 ...

Kiwibank fined over lack of disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... breaching the Fair Trading Act while a banking group recently appointed as a KiwiSaver default fund is also under investigation. The case concerns banks which failed to properly disclose currency conversion fees paid by its MasterCard cardholders. Kiwibank ...

Court stops pair posing as bank

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... currency and cheques were being passed off as legitimate and the operation was using the term "bank" illegally. The investigation uncovered attempted transactions valued at over $500,000 and the presentation of cheques in Queensland, Sydney and Perth ...

ASIC and Citigroup lock horns on insider trading

... Limited (Toll) in its $4.6 billion takeover bid for Patrick Corporation Limited (Patrick). Following the regulator's investigation, it found "substantial proprietary trading", or trading on Citigroup's own account, in Patrick securities on 19 August ...

Mortgage broker faces trial on 21 charges

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... Victoria was committed to trial by the Melbourne Magistrates Court after charges were brought on the back of an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Cay will face 11 counts of theft, eight counts of obtaining ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... rose, led by gains in exporters and property stocks, but Sanyo Electric lost ground following reports of an official investigation into accounting practices. The Nikkei made 79.63 points to 18,188.42. HONG KONG - Blue chips fell, led by Hutchison Whampoa ...