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Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... time the uncompensated victims have struggled to make ends meet, some have passed away, others have been retrenched and justice has still not been done." He criticized the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC) decision to charge Richard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... 0.56 per cent, at 5,347.8. NEW YORK - US stocks fell modestly, ending the Dow's four-day streak of fresh records, as the Justice Department announced a record $US13 billion ($A13.91 billion) settlement over mortgage securities with JPMorgan Chase. The ...

QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013

Judge orders end of class action against WealthSure

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... million of client funds without approval. "Each of the identified group members could seek relief in their own right," Justice Buchanan confirmed. But the judge saw some of the cases for relief as "apparently weak in an evidentiary sense" and added that ...

Former Opes Prime director acquitted of dishonesty charges

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Opes Prime Group Limited group and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Following a five-week trial, which was heard before Justice Whelan of the Victorian Supreme Court, found Smith not guilty on both charges. Opes Prime, a securities lender and broker ...

Macquarie loses court battle with ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... However, many banks have exploited loopholes in the system to avoid paying the full rate on domestic income. In his judgment, Justice Richard Edmonds said, "We consider that the ATO is entitled to apply its view of the law to prior income years relevant ...

AMP buys into QLD school build project

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013

LM liquidators get boot over conflict of interest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... they called a meeting of unit holders in April to change the responsible entity of the fund. Queensland Supreme Court Justice Dalton agreed, saying: "The administrators of [LM] have, in my view, demonstrated a preparedness to act in a way inconsistent ...

Victims push for new Trio fraud inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... effective enough and we are seeking compensation for the 310 victims and to bring the people responsible for the Trio Fraud to justice," he said. Matters also noted that the VOFF "has no longer any confidence on the Rudd government to effectively tackle ...

Gina Rinehart offers olive branch

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... Ginia. Mr Hancock has been put forward as a proposed alternative trustee, along with Adelaide businessman Bruce Carter. Justice Patricia Bergin described Ms Rinehart's offer as a "very big step". "This litigation has been going for years," she said. ...