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Swift resolution sought on Storm trial

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Lawyers representing ASIC, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Bank of Queensland are expected to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow ahead of Federal Court proceedings on the 2008 collapse of Storm Financial. The meeting will attempt to negotiate a ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... by what Ben and Mario say or do. It was easier picking back then when real events send markets rallying or dropping - the law of physics was at play. Not this time. Not when everything can turn on the mere mention of those two letters - Q and E or in ...

Wilson staff shared information while sign on bonus was discussed

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
Lawyers representing Wilson HTM in legal action against fellow broker Ord Minnett have said that a former senior Wilson employee provided Ord Minnett with commission statements and contact details of advisers, at the same time he was negotiating a sign ...

Hastings grows European infra team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... the firm has recently appointed Nadia Karkar as associate director based in the firm's Melbourne offices. Karkar joins from law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP where she specialised in M&A and private equity based in Hong Kong and New York.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished mixed and gains on European markets despite a key German business sentiment indicator falling to its lowest level since March 2010. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday, the September share ...

Delay FoFA reforms another year: Lawyer

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

Deferred tax impacts IOOF profit

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
A deferred tax liability had a material impact on wealth manager IOOF, knocking $63 million of its full-year statutory result. Retrospective changes to income tax laws forced IOOF to pay the deferred tax liability, resulting in its $19.4 million profit ...

Passing of IMR bill to attract foreign investors: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Australia's financial services industry will benefit from a tax law amendment, which removes uncertainty that had been a barrier to overseas investment, said Bill Shorten, minister for financial services and superannuation. Amendments to the Investment ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Lawyers for victims of the Storm Financial collapse said they have uncovered a document which proves that the Commonwealth Bank knew investors would lose their money during the global financial crisis. Barrister Tony Morris told the Federal Court in ...

QLD adviser cops five year ban

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
ASIC has banned Brisbane adviser Janeece Norma Giraldo from providing financial services for five years after she failed to comply with a number of Australian financial laws. Giraldo has been a director of WIN Financial Network since 1993. She was also ...