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Trio directors accept APRA suspension

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... directors acted in a similar manner towards the Astarra Strategic Fund (the ASF), a fund of hedge funds. APRA's investigations into Trio are continuing.

ASIC heats up insider trading investigations

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Commission (ASIC) has put the corporate advice world on high alert after releasing a report stating it has doubled its investigations into insider trading in the past year. ASIC took over the role as regulator from the ASX in August last year and since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... service to Latin America. Among the big losers was News Corp, which plunged 7.3 per cent as it faced anger and investigations over allegations that its British tabloid News of the World had hacked the phone of a murdered girl and dead soldiers. After ...

Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... stepping out of the super industry for four years with a potential reduction to two years subject her help with any investigations. "Accepting an enforceable undertaking is an effective alternative to disqualification action and ensures those who fail ...

Bans hit bad planners: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Three financial advisers and a financial services firm are facing work bans and prosecution after separate ASIC investigations. A former financial adviser who fraudulently withdrew $600,000 from his clients' accounts has pleaded guilty in court to six ...

Adviser banned for life

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... life after finding he had acted dishonestly and breached financial services laws. ASIC cannot impose a fine but investigations are ongoing and may result in criminal proceedings. "ASIC banned Mr Carll in order to protect the public, deter similar conduct ...

US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... wide-ranging insider trading probe, the FBI has raided a number of hedge funds across the country. The first wave of investigations centered around low profile funds based in Stamford, Connecticut and Boston, however, recent unconfirmed reports claim ...

No pension for corrupt Bell staff

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... The largest pension fund in the US, CalPERS, will not pay the pensions of certain City of Bell staff following investigations into salary corruption among some of the city's top officials. The California Public Employees' Retirement System said it would ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... reserves and trade numbers were released. And what was Wall Street's response yesterday? It closed higher. Foreclosure investigations. Looks new. Sounds new. But underneath this all is the fact that the US housing market remains in trouble. Whether the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... energy companies, where heavy losses were posted a day earlier when the US government announced criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf oil spill. A rise in the euro from a four-year low on Tuesday also drew buyers. The Dow gained 225.52 points ...