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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... the finance minister resigned to prepare the socialist Pasok party for elections expected within two months. BEIJING - Police in China have held a Singaporean banker for two weeks without allowing her access to a lawyer after her client allegedly fled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... shares are mostly higher after Greece approved a package of drastic austerity measures amid violent street battles between police and protesters on the streets of Athens. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand dollar rose after the Greek parliament approved a ...

ASIC, ACC crack investment scam

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
A task force between police, ACC and ASIC has closed in on an investment scam in QLD which has been coercing investments from consumers under a company name of West Trade or Atlas Lead Generation. A joint operation between the Queensland Police Service ...

Gold Coast scam sees 20 investors lose $250,000

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... would not be recovered. The court's injunctive orders have frozen approximately $38,000 of the remaining funds. Queensland police and the Australian Crime Commission have been helping ASIC with their inquiries, and are continuing to investigate a number ...

Privacy Commissioner opens investigation into First State Super

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... the security breach of the First State Super after news emerged that Patrick Webster, First State Super member, ex-NSW police employee and IT security specialist gained unauthorised access to the statements of around 568 other members of the Fund due ...

First State Super chief handles furore over tech security

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... resolving the issues, to which he has agreed. We are yet to have the meeting," said Dwyer. Patrick Webster, FSS member, ex-NSW police employee and IT security specialist raised the alarm last month when he emailed FSS administrator, Pillar, on September ...

Former company director pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... maximum jail sentence of five years, a $220,000 fine, or both. Finnigan's bail conditions continue and he must report to police twice a week. The case is back before Downing Centre District Court on December 2.

UBS $2bn rogue trader in custody

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... collapse of Lehman Brothers, has put UBS trading activites back in the sights of regulators. UBS is believed to have alerted police to the US$2 billion losses, potentially rogue trades, of Kweku Adoboli, who worked on its 'Delta One' derivatives desk. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... services last month, and unemployment benefit applications jumped last week to the highest level in three months. LONDON - Police in London have arrested a suspected rogue trader alleged to have lost Swiss banking giant UBS $US2.0 billion ($A1.95 billion). ...

ASIC warns CFD providers on margin calls, disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... suspended. Medcraft denied the regulator was trying to discourage retail investors due to not having enough resources to police every issuer in the system. "Resources are a matter for government," he said.