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Over 17 years' gaol for Bo Long investment scheme operators

ASIC has announced the sentencing of Donna Ho to nine years' gaol with a non-parole period of three years after she pleaded guilty to nine charges of dishonestly using over $1.5 million of investors' money, and the sentencing of Mark Sweeney to eight-and-a-half ...

ASIC accepts National Australia Bank's enforceable undertaking

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from National Australia Bank (National) designed to improve the bank's key systems and controls under its Australian financial services license (AFSL) after the foreign currency options trading losses National ...

MIG announces winning bid for Chicago Skyway toll bridge

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2004
Macquarie Infrastructure Group today confirmed it had been selected as preferred bidder for 100 per cent of the Chicago Skyway toll bridge concession. The consortium offered the city of Chicago a total purchase price of $US1.82 billion, or $A2.5 billion ...

Breast Cancer and Heart disease top insurance claims

Breast cancer is one of the highest insurance claims for Aviva Australia. According to Aviva the average number of annual claims for breast cancer now makes up 27 per cent of the insurer's claims. For the insurer this means more than $8 million in payments ...

Moores Legal beefs up estate planning business

Through its merger with boutique law firm SJQ, Moores legal aims to extend its services into estate planning. The merger will take place from 1 January 2005. "We have always believed that estate planning involves broader considerations than just wills ...

ASIC extends transitional position on dollar disclosure

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will extend the date for compliance with the dollar disclosure regime from 1 January 2005 to 1 March 2005. The regulator recognises the need to provide industry with sufficient time to implement proper ...

Australian service sector activity improves in Sept: index

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004
Activity in Australia's service sector improved in September to be at its strongest since the start of the year, an index has shown. The Australian Industry Group-Commonwealth Bank Performance of Services Index (PSI) rose by 1.4 points to 56.0 in September ...

Adele Lloyd to take over as Adelaide Bank chair in 2005

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2004
Adelaide Bank will appoint South Australian businesswoman Adele Lloyd as its new chair when current chairman Dick McKay retires in October 2005. Lloyd initially joined the board in 1997 but resigned in January 2000 because of business commitments in ...

New challenges keep coming, says ASIC chairman

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
The head of Australia's corporate regulator on Tuesday said his organisation was facing challenges in overseeing companies as they battle to meet their new reporting obligations. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Jeff ...

Suncorp MD collects $3.29m

Suncorp Metway managing director John Mulcahy took home more than $3 million for his first full year at the helm of the Queensland banking and insurance group after presiding over a record annual profit. Mulcahy, lured to the country's sixth-largest ...