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Judgment reserved for accused Ponzi head

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... invested and, contrary to the promises made, these funds were used to engage in high-risk commodities, futures and options trading in the US," an updated ASIC statement said. The regulator is seeking court orders to disqualify Hobbs, his wife and five ...

ASX partners with SGX on futures

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... with the Singapore Exchange to give Asian investors cheaper and easier connectivity to Australia's futures and options trading market. Australia's futures and options trading market is currently worth $50 trillion, said the Australian Securities Exchange ...

Buy-right and equity managers will deliver income

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... executive of PM Capital, said this can include more innovative investment tactics such as carefully controlled options trading. They have to do this because financial advisers and their clients are exasperated that in retirement, not only have poor markets ...

ASIC obtains order banning derivatives trading director

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... paying commissions over $1.03 million. Based on these findings, the court made orders that Camelot had engaged in options trading when it knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that it was furthering its interests in earning commissions and not acting ...

ASIC investigations lead to charges, interim orders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... Hogan's. The charges follow an 18-month ASIC investigation and relate to when Kur provided advice in relation to options trading and dealing in options trading for a number of overseas based clients between May 2005 and December 2008. It's alleged during ...

BBY expands with Stonebridge acquistion

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... Rosewall. "The Advisers that are coming across from StoneBridge are providing excellent services in equities and options trading, Futures, FX, CFDs and derivatives.' It is expected that StoneBridge teams will join BBY in late July, 2011. BBY is an Australian ...

ASIC catches Camelot Derivatives

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... encouraging new clients, advising, recommending, or directly or indirectly, causing an existing client to invest in an options trading market, except those trades which close existing positions and make representations about returns on investments from ...

Perth stockbroker gets ban for life

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... Perth-based stockbrokers Hogan and Partners Stockbrokers Pty Ltd (Hogan's). Kur provided advice in relation to options trading and dealing in options trading for a number of overseas based clients. ASIC found that Kur engaged in misleading or deceptive ...

Broker gets jail term for forgery

... options accounts. Because of this, some of Kakoschke's clients didn't have the collateral available to do their own options trading. But worse, it was alleged that rather than confess to his clients, Kakoschke forged the third party collateral forms ...

Options broker guilty of large scale forgery

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
... shares, without their knowledge, as security for further trading on other clients' accounts and for his personal options trading. His activities put at risk client assets worth around $1,283,980. Some of Kakoschke's clients were left without enough collateral ...