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Trio victims turn on planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... research houses, which all gave Trio Capital glowing reports. Tarrants has itself encouraged former clients to join a class action against Trio Capital. When a fraud has occurred and investors are out of pocket they usually try to recoup their losses. ...

Court rejects Great Southern statement of claim

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... after the Victorian Supreme Court decided not to allow Macpherson+Kelley to file its latest statement of claim in the class action against Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. This decision follows an earlier decision back in October where the court struck out ...

Bell Potter faces $22m class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Bell Potter Securities is facing wrongful conduct allegations in a class action from over 50 clients, claiming losses of approximately $22 million. The class action, held in the Federal Court of Australia, alleges that Bell Potter encouraged clients ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... and Aevum Ltd. David Jones Ltd issues first quarter sales figures. Maurice Blackburn lawyers say they are to file a class action on behalf of National Australia Bank shareholders who lost money during the global financial crisis due to the bank's exposure ...

Bank claims Great Southern action stumped

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has claimed that the Great Southern class action DC Legal commenced against the bank has "fallen over". The bank made its calls following the striking out on last Wednesday of the separate class action initiated by Macpherson ...

Great Southern investors target BABL

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Around 2,000 Great Southern investors launched a class action in the Federal Court to recover losses from bankers, including Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited (BABL), which lent them money to invest in the schemes. Investors have asked the Federal Court ...

ASIC reaches sixth Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
ASIC has reached another Westpoint settlement, this time against Barzen Pty Ltd (formerly Dukes Financial Services) and Joseph Dukes for $1 million. The settlement is subject to the approval of the Federal Court. If approved by the court, the Dukes' ...

Great Southern legal battle continues

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... their legal campaign against Great Southern, filing with the Victorian Supreme Court further allegations through a class action against the collapsed agricultural investment scheme manager. Formerly a leading investment brand, Great Southern has fallen ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... insurer agreed to settle claims of accounting violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray last week announced the $800 million-plus securities ...

NY fund sues BP over oil spill losses

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... the trustee of the NY fund, said he was hiring law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll to represent the fund in a class action against BP. DiNapoli is accusing the fund of misleading investors about its safety procedures and strategies on handling disasters ...