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US pension funds boost mortgages

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... statement. The York State Common Retirement Fund provides benefits to more than one million state and local government police officers, firefighters, employees, and retirees. It is the third largest public pension fund in the United States.

APRA contacts funds on rollover fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... addition to a bank verification process when opening an Australian Business Number (ABN). Both measures could allow the police to track where the money is going, Slattery previously noted.

Ex Macq manager restrained from departure

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... between 2006 and 2007. On 1 March, De Silva attempted to leave Australia from Perth but was stopped by the Australian Federal Police. On 8 March De Silva pleaded guilty to a charge of being in contempt of the court's ex parte orders and his sentence ...

Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... Switzerland and Hong Kong. The $150 million were held in J.P.Morgan. A mistake in the Greek transfer was what alerted the police about the fraud and all accounts were frozen, noted SMH. The fraud occurred on Christmas Eve seven years ago, and while most ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Singh's comments pertain particularly to proposals allowing ASIC to tap phone recordings collected by the Australian Federal Police under a court-issued warrant. "The rules must be made clear for everyone. Giving investigative powers... just for the ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... changed. Some of the recommendations include developing a central national investigative authority like the Australian Federal Police where superannuation fraud information can be collated and dealt with on a single platform. Using tax file numbers as ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... stopping another Madoff-style collapse, Brown said that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is ill-equipped to police and punish all hedge funds - some 20,000 of them in the US alone. "Investors who rely on the SEC to do the due diligence on ...

Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... this and recommends that government consult with and support industry in effecting this transition," noted the Report. To police this much tougher professional standard, the Report recommended ASIC significantly lift its adviser policing activities through ...

Unregistered MIS operator arrested

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... directs in writing and not attending any points of international departure. He must not leave Australia, has to report to a police station once a week (effective Monday 16 November) and not contact any prosecution witnesses directly or indirectly unless ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... Tighter regulation already looks set to impact Europe's hedge fund arena, with the European Commission's draft directive to police hedge funds threatening the future of Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe. In July, the Australian arm of the ...