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Kennedy loses bid to keep notes to lawyer from ASIC

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2004
... businessman Trevor Kennedy has lost his bid to keep two pages of notes to his lawyer out of the hands of the corporate watchdog. Mr Kennedy had applied to the Federal Court for a permanent injunction to prevent the Australian Securities and Investment ...

NAB set to go public with APRA report into forex scandal

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
National Australia Bank will today release most, if not all, of a damning report by the financial services watchdog on a breakdown in its risk management systems, according to a newspaper report. The report said both NAB and APRA (Australian Prudential ...

ASIC warns consumers are target of offshore fraud

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
... stockbrokers have re-emerged in Australia, targeting consumers interested in maximising their superannuation. The corporate watchdog said today offshore brokers were not only looking for new victims but were now also cold calling and emailing previous ...

NAB currency scandel cements four pillars policy: Fels

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... currency scandal ensured the "Four Pillars" bank policy will stay for years, according to the country's former competition watchdog Allan Fels. The former chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the incident, which ...

ASIC lack of funds behind lack of transparency: Labor

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
Inadequate funding could be behind the corporate watchdog's lack of transparency, Labor said today. Opposition financial services spokesman Stephen Conroy said the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision-making processes could ...

ASIC stops IFC investor fund raising

The corporate watchdog has obtained interim orders in the Federal Court, preventing International Finance Corporation Limited (IFC) and its directors from raising funds from investors. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleged ...

FPA chief takes on ASIC over paperwork hassles

... follow through on her promise to lobby the Government and regulatory bodies, by sending a submission to the corporate watchdog outlining its Statement of Advice concerns. In a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the FPA ...

Perth-based director found not guilty of insider trading

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
The investment watchdog today said Perth-based company director Robert Paul Martin had been found not guilty of insider trading in shares of Roehampton Resources NL. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Martin was acquitted ...

APRA raised concerns with NAB before rogue trading scandal

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
The banking watchdog raised concerns about National Australia Bank's (NAB) risk management early last year, more than six months before the rogue trading scandal that cost the bank's two top jobs. NAB suspended four currency traders in January but foreign ...

ACCC making progress in crackdown on cartels

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
... bite with several whistleblowers coming forward, a Senate committee heard today. ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said the watchdog was currently investigating more than 30 cartels operating in Australia after launching its crackdown in the middle of last ...