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Bogus super fund a wake-up call for investors: ASIC

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... hold an Australian financial service licence. The Melbourne address for Swiss Private is a virtual office and ASIC investigations have revealed no representatives of Swiss Private occupy or attend this address. As a result, ASIC has successfully had ...

Murdoch defies shareholder sentiment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... internal controls has had real and lasting repercussions," she said. "It has shuttered a newspaper, launched criminal investigations, cancelled the BSkyB acquisition, eroded public trust and tarnished the company's reputation." With such a high proportion ...

ASIC targets securities dealers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... investor confidence in the integrity of our markets, and ASIC has significantly reduced the time taken to start investigations into significant market conduct," said deputy chairman Belinda Gibson. The latest market supervision report said 36 matters ...

Barclays fined $A451 million

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... over a number of years." The FSA said that it was continuing "to pursue a number of other significant cross-border investigations" related to this area. "Barclays cooperated fully during the FSA's investigation and agreed to settle at an early stage. ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... investigating the conduct of persons relating to the failure of the ARP Growth Fund, a fund associated with Trio. The investigations indicate the reasons for ARP Growth Fund's losses appear different from those of the Astarra Strategic Fund, another ...

Dealer group launches mobile medical service

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... Predictions, to assist advisers with the underwriting process. "Currently, if an adviser needs to arrange medical investigations for a client, they coordinate this using a pathology service via the underwriter," said Synchron director Don Trapnell. "While ...

Superannuation needs more regulatory resilience: ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... calls "proactive regulation," prompting the regulator to release a number of policy documents on enforcement and investigations today. The documents include two information sheets governing how ASIC approaches enforcement and when it would pursue a criminal ...

Trio super victims receive compensation

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... continuing to review future compensation arrangements. Meanwhile separate ASIC and Parliamentary Joint Committee investigations into the Trio collapse are ongoing.

ASIC investigations lead to charges, interim orders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
A Perth stockbroker has pleaded not guilty to more than 10 fraud charges, but guilty to a charge of dishonestly using his position as an employee at his former workplace. Jonathan Kur, who was an authorised representative for Hogan and Partners Stockbrokers ...

BBC denies trader a hoax interview

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... speaking." The BBC has issued a public statement countering claims that Rastani was a hoax. "We've carried out detailed investigations and can't find any evidence to suggest that the interview with Alessio Rastani was a hoax. He is an independent market ...