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AMP gives free advice to Salvos

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... and confidential service provided for predominantly low-income earners who are having trouble paying debts, facing legal action on those debts or having problems budgeting. Northside Women's Service is a confidential service for female victims of domestic ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... of Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs). The New South Wales' Wingecarribee Shire Council for example has taken legal action in the Federal Court against Lehman Brothers Australia claiming that the representations made by Lehmans, including advice ...

ASIC to sue Westpoint

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is to take legal action against Westpoint, and planner groups that recommended Westpoint products, on behalf of investors who lost a combined $320 million when the property group collapsed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... September quarter producer price index. On the markets, Wotif.com Holdings Ltd holds its annual general meeting and legal action against Aristocrat Leisure Ltd by shareholders continues in the courts. The Australian stock market fell on Friday, with ...

AMP caught on conflicts

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
... their choice. ASIC chairman, Jeff Lucy, defended the regulator's decision to work with the group rather than take legal action in order to better rectify any damage suffered by clients. "Taking the matter to court would not have allowed that to occur ...

News Ltd hits back as super funds bring legal action

Several Australian and US super funds are joining with other institutional investors to sue News Limited over allegedly "breaking an express promise" made during reincorporation negotiations last year. A group of international Institutional shareholders ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2005
... contract was 11 points weaker at 4473. On the day the C7 court case, in which the Seven Network kicked off a $1 billion legal action against media rivals, telecommunications giants and prominent sporting bodies, alleging conspiracy and collusion by many ...

CSS fraudsters appear in court

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2005
... AFP says $147 million was recovered early in the 18-month investigation, while federal authorities have launched legal action in Hong Kong to recover the $3 million allegedly lost aboard the Captain Omar III. Kurland, Kuris, Fitzgerald and Roizman will ...

ATO calls on SMSF trustees to get it right

... fund. ATO deputy commissioner for superannuation Mark Jackson says in some of these cases trustees will have to take legal action to ensure the funds retains the assets. Jackson says the ATO will not act initially on these breaches due to the large number ...

International All Sports defends CBA claim

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2005
... of the bank's managers was stealing to feed his gambling habit. IAS today sent a letter to shareholders about the legal action taken by the bank in the Federal Court. "The directors are very confident that a positive outcome will eventuate because the ...