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FoFA changes must go before parliament: Collins

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... reforms were many years in the making," he said. "These weren't overnight reforms. Scandals including Westpoint, Great Southern, Storm and Trio culminated in a parliamentary inquiry which found that, among other reforms required, a best interest duty ...

Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... and lamb. It has also ventured into forestry, which has been a dirty word in the industry since the collapse of Great Southern. Macquarie believes it has the structure right to allow investors to benefit from increasing demand for blue gum pulp to make ...

Calls for more investors in Great Southern class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
Thousands of investors are anticipated to come forward in the class action against failed agribusiness, Great Southern Managed Investment Schemes. Already some 2,000 investors are part of the case, which returns to court on May 27 seeking further documents ...

Great Southern case rages on

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Investors in a class action against failed agribusiness firm Great Southern live to fight another day after access to new documents has been approved. In a hearing held April 4, former Great Southern directors, Peter Patrikeos and Jeffrey Mews were ...

Court rejects Great Southern statement of claim

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
Great Southern investors face another roadblock 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 ...

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 tightens noose on managed inv schemes

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... interests." In the past 12 months the failure of a number of agribusiness investment schemes including Timbercorp, Great Southern and Wilmott Forests hurt thousands of investors, while almost $120 million of investor money was lost following the collapse ...

Receivers appointed to Willmott Forests

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... said. Willmott is the latest firm to hit crisis point following the collapses of Timbercorp, Environinvest and Great Southern, among others.

Great Southern legal battle continues

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers are progressing with 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 ...