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Westpoint investors win $13.5m compensation

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... investments made in Mezzanine Notes issued by Market Street Mezzanine (Mezzanine Notes), a company in the failed Westpoint group. The settlement with State Trustees allows approximately 525 eligible investors to submit a proof of claim to participate ...

ASIC presses on with Westpoint compensation

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... reached an agreement to settle class actions against Bongiorno Financial Advisors, which has links to the failed Westpoint Group. An ASIC statement late last week noted that the watchdog had agreed to settle actions against Melbourne-based Bongiorno ...

Bans and charges for advisers: ASIC

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... follows Simmons's application to the AAT for a review of ASIC's decision to ban her. Simmons has links to the failed Westpoint group, and also provided financial services to her clients without a proper authority from September to November 2005. Meanwhile ...

PIS to pay $5.9m to Westpoint investors

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... approved the settlement of an ASIC-initiated compensation claim to PIS clients who were advised to invest in failed Westpoint Group - ordering PIS to pay $5.9 million to these clients. The court approved a distribution mechanism whereby the settlement ...

Westpoint exec faces court

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
The former chief financial controller of the Westpoint Group of companies, Graeme Rundle, has appeared in court following two criminal charges brought by ASIC. Rundle, of Perth, Western Australia, appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court, Sydney ...

PIS in Westpoint compensation deal

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... concerns a claim for compensation relating to financial advice given by PIS to clients to invest in the failed Westpoint Group of companies. The settlement of the proceeding is subject to the approval of the Court. ASIC commenced action against PIS in ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... Fullarton, Robert Charles Kelly and Jonathan Grant Robinson, who were involved in auditing activities relating to Westpoint Group companies. The EUs provide that they will not practice as registered auditors for two years (Fullarton), 18 months (Kelly) ...

Charged for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... Mezzanine Pty Ltd. These matters came to ASIC's attention through its broader investigation into the collapse of the Westpoint Group of Companies and via complaints received from the public. The matters of Messrs Button, Sneddon and Shepherd were adjourned ...

Masu settles Westpoint case

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... settled a class action brought by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) for 85 investors sold Westpoint Group financial products. The Federal Court of Australia settled the two remaining complaints on confidential terms yesterday. ...

KPMG under fire on Westpoint audit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Financial watchdog ASIC is suing accountancy firm KPMG over its auditing of companies in the Westpoint Group, a move that renews investor hopes to recover as much as $200 million lost when Westpoint collapsed. The action, taken on behalf of eight Westpoint ...