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Broker jailed for false trades

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... being released on a recognisance release order - for share price manipulation. He was sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria following an investigation by ASIC into the manipulation of the share price of Bill Express Limited, which is now in liquidation. ...

Plum wins BP super mandate

PLUM UPDATE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... Super joins other corporate super funds that have joined Plum in the past year, including the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Limited (RACV) and Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia). To date, Plum has more than 45,000 new members and oversees more than ...

ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
The $15 billion Victoria-based ESSSuper has appointed Towers Watson as its new investment adviser for the fund's accumulation assets, terminating its previous contract with VFMC, which will still be the adviser for the fund's defined benefit investments. ...

Count buys stakes in Victorian and NSW practices

PRESS RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Count Financial subsidiary, Countplus, has bought stakes in two more businesses for just under $1 million in cash and shares. Countplus bought a 25 per cent share in Melbourne-based Kidmans Partners, an accounting and financial services firm with a ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

VFMC brings risk management in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) takes a fresh approach when measuring asset risk for clients, recruiting a former Russell Investments consultant to help oversee the process. Justin Arter, chief executive at VFMC, said the firm previously ...

Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers has filed a lawsuit for Great Southern investors seeking the court to void loans given to invest into failed agribusiness investment schemes, including loans provided by Adelaide Bank. The class action covers 1,700 investors ...

KPMG challenges ASIC on Constitutional powers

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... to act on behalf of investors the regulator believes are aggrieved. The legal action commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria in October 2008 in relation to the auditing of financial accounts of various Westpoint companies conducted by KPMG. The regulator ...

Investors get more from Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
Investors affected by the Westpoint collapse have scored another win after ASIC reached an agreement to settle its actions against Glenhurst Corporation and its insurer, QBE Insurance (Australia), for $2.5 million. The settlement is subject to the approval ...

AUI boosts retail and insto arms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... further expanding AUI's distribution services to financial advisers. Thomas was previously AUI's regional manager for Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. In his new role, Thomas will be responsible for developing a health insurance referral program ...