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Bellwether appoints former VFMC CEO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
Boutique fund manager Bellwether Partners has appointed a former Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chief executive officer as non-executive chairman of the Bellwether Partners Limited Investment Committee. Stephen Taylor has been appointed ...

ASIC bans two for their part in failed businesses

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2006
Two New South Wales directors have been disqualified from acting as company directors by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after their involvement in failed companies. ASIC has banned Craig West, a certified practicing accountant ...

VFMC gives Watson Wyatt the nod

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced the appointment of Watson Wyatt as its investment strategy consultant. From next week VFMC will assume responsibility for setting the asset allocation of its clients in addition, as well ...

VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

The public servants' fund of Victoria, Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), has been targeted for being invested in Altria, the parent company of Phillip Morris. It was reported that Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has come out in defence of ...

Former Westpac rep rips off $500k

A former Westpac Banking Corporation representative has received a permanent ban from providing financial services after being found guilty of misappropriating client money worth around half a million dollars. Former Westpac representative, David Jarrett ...

VFMC staff won't be re-hired

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
High level staff at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) will not be re-hired after being asked to re-apply for their jobs just a month ago. As part of a restructure of the organisation, staff on the investment team were last month told ...

Two directors cop ASIC bans

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
Two directors have been banned from providing any financial services for three years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Brian Forshaw and Guiscardo Bottari, both operating out of Melbourne, have ...

SFE claims first ASX scalp

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... oust their chief executive, Tony D'Aloisio, in order to win support for what has become a stalled merger with SFE Corporation (SFE). In the deal that values the merged group at $5.3 billion, the ASX buckled under institutional pressure, agreeing to instead ...

Directors banned over unregistered schemes

Two directors of Atlantic 3 Financial have been banned from managing a corporation following applications made by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Dr Fredric Acker was banned for 10 years by the Supreme Court of Queensland ...

ASIC charges four over margin lending scam

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
Four people have been charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regarding unlawful and misleading conduct which resulted in Sydney investors taking out and subsequently defaulting on Macquarie Bank Margin Lending loans. ...