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TOWER adds two to its board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
TOWER Australia Group has appointed two new independent directors, chairman Dr Keith Barton announced yesterday. Peter Lewinsky and Ralph Pliner have been appointed to the board of TOWER effective immediately. Dr Barton said the two new directors would ...

Westpoint Recovery Fund still in pursuit

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
Ian Bristow, trustee of the Westpoint Recovery Fund and managing director of Money Matters Financial Solutions, said he intends to maintain the legal pursuit of Westpoint directors, KPMG and eventually the regulator. Bristow issued a terse statement ...

Former Treasury head to be Westpac chairman

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Westpac Banking Corporation's board of directors have appointed former Commonwealth Treasury head Ted Evans as chairman to replace Leon Davis, effective March 2007. In the interim Evans has been appointed deputy chairman to assist with a smooth transition. ...

AUSTRAC's power to be checked

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
A Senate Committee report on the government's proposed anti-money laundering legislation has responded to finance industry concerns with recommendations for a longer implementation period and curbs on the power of AUSTRAC, the body that will administer ...

Compare the pair: Weaven vs Lambert

Journalist and moderator Bob Gottliebsen called it "the main event" of this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference and the attendees weren't disappointed as Industry Fund Services (IFS) chair, Garry Weaven, and Count Financial chair ...

FPA should lead not follow: Bloch

The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch, has called on FPA members to lead the debate on the challenges facing the industry in her opening address at the annual FPA conference today. "We need to lead the debate instead ...

Liquidator gets 12 month suspension

Sydney liquidator Ronald Dean-Wilcocks has been suspended for 12 months from working as a liquidator after he failed to disclose conflicts of interest to his clients. Dean-Wilcocks challenged the suspension handed down in April this year but this was ...

Thomson Financial launches peHub private equity blogsite

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
Thomson Financial, responding to the surge in private equity investment activity, has launched Private Equity Hub, an interactive forum for the private equity venture capitalists, buy-outs professionals and service providers. Thomson Financial said ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Pressure will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase interest rates tomorrow when it meets. Last weeks announcement that building approvals by municipal councils rose by 6.1 per cent in September to produce a year on year growth in total dwellings ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified the former Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (ZAIL) chief financial officer for his role in deliberately overstating the company's financial position. John Stanbridge was chief ...