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No more short cuts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Commission (ASIC) said it has extended its enquiries around market manipulation - started six months ago - to include investigations around false rumours surrounding several other companies, including Macquarie Group Limited. The new shorting rules in ...

Sherry withdraws from Lift inquiry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Minister for superannuation and corporate law Nick Sherry has removed himself from investigations into Lift Capital Partners after he found out two members of his extended family had investments with the embattled firm. Sherry informed the acting Prime ...

Super trustee faces ASIC probe

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... any assets that she may hold personally, except for the payment of ordinary living expenses and legal fees. ASIC investigations into the case are continuing, and the matter will return to the Supreme Court on 9 June 2008.

ASIC closes Risqy Forex scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... proceedings in relation to alleged scheme operators Leslie George Whitford and Elizabeth Flora Lacey remain on foot. Investigations into the case are continuing.

Under Aviva's umbrella

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... enhancements]. Given that we are a really large insurance provider in Australia, we've identified through our strategic investigations that the problem of underinsurance in the market was huge, so we wanted to make sure we addressed that issue particularly ...

Life ban for adviser after altering codes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... broker codes to siphon commission payments. ASIC banned Grant, who was employed with Shadforths Limited, after investigations revealed he failed to comply with a financial services law, and the commission had reason to believe he would not comply with ...

APRA bans former Zurich CEO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... Zurich chief executive officer, Malcolm Murray Jones, from directorial or senior management roles, six months after investigations concluded. Jones was a director and chief executive officer of Zurich Australia Insurance Limited (ZAIL) from 1998 until ...

ASIC takes SMSF site offline

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... Online Super had been an authorised representative of a number of AFS licenses but Online Super Legal was not. ASIC investigations were commenced following complaints from investors.

ASIC updates court on Westpoint progress

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
... Court in Perth yesterday received an update from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on its investigations into the Westpoint collapse in support of ASIC's bid to extend the freezing of assets of key Westpoint figures. ASIC asked ...

Not on our watch: ASIC

... the ASIC shadow shopping survey, enforcement proceedings against a record 352 people or companies, high profile investigations including HIH Insurance, the NAB currency traders, Westpoint, One.Tel, James Hardie, Offset Alpine Printing and Sons of Gwalia ...