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Mezzanine finance conman hits Hillsong Church investors

NSW based property developer Robert John Orehek is to face trial on 30 criminal charges brought by ASIC for misappropriating money from investors most of whom were from the Hillsong Church in Castle Hill. Orehek will stand trial on three counts of fraudulent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
When the Reserve Bank meets today to consider the economy and whether or not they should raise interest rates, some pressure against an upward move has come from the survey of the construction industry by the Master Builders Association. The index of ...

Statewide boosts investment team

Following the lead of a number of other superannuation funds, South Australian based Statewide Superannuation Trust has boosted its internal investment team by appointing an in-house investment manager and replaced its chief financial officer after ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
The Australian share market has opened higher on a positive lead from Wall St as a dip in the oil price helped allay US inflation fears. At 1015 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 26.6 points to 5050.8, while the all ordinaries rose 23.8 points to ...

A man is not a financial plan: MASU

A small financial services outfit, MASU group, is leading the charge in providing women with education on matters close to the heart and the hip pocket. The three-legged company - with a national network of financial planners, accountants and legal ...

No conflict, more interest on MLC

Amid industry calls to curb conflicts of interest when giving advice, MLC will fundamentally change how it values an adviser's business from a model based on a set formula favouring in-house products to one based on an independent market valuation. ...

AMP caught on conflicts

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP) has been pulled up by the regulator for giving 300 clients unnecessary or inadequate super switching advice and having inadequate conflicts of interest procedures in place. Only months after the regulator's shadow shopping ...

Credit Suisse pulls MasterWrap off the shelves

It was hinted at, talked about and it finally happened this month when investment group Credit Suisse announced its decision to close down its MasterWrap product. The group unveiled its MasterWrap almost two years ago to much fanfare and great expectations. ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a financial adviser associated with the failed Elm Financial Services group for three years for his part in convincing a couple to invest $1 million in a failed product. Sydney adviser ...

Industry funds target top end with TV campaign part 2

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
High net worth individuals are among the broader television audience that can expect to be targeted in round two of the controversial industry superannuation funds campaign that first aired on national television last year. The new campaign will feature ...