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AMIST appoints board director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... qualifications, no longer running his business on a day-to-day basis. He has extensive experience of people, money and the law. And above all, he's a great sounding board," he added.

Perpetual close to recovering $125m for Mahogany

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... Mahogany noteholders have priority over Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc (LBSF) in relation to the collateral under English Law. The Court rejected arguments put by LBSF that they should have priority over the collateral. In July, the High Court ...

VFMC appoints CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Former Goldman Sachs JBWere executive Justin Arter has been appointed chief executive of the $34 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Arter replaces Syd Bone, who was at the helm of VFMC since 2004. Arter's appointment begins 9 November. ...

Pension fund head gets jail sentence

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
The former head of a Swiss teachers' pension fund has been sentenced to four years imprisonment after being convicted of a string of offences including fraud and embezzlement. UK-based publication online publication IPE.com reported Ignace Rey, the ...

ASIC takes MFS Group to court

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
The regulator has started civil proceedings against the former executives and officers of MFS Group and its three subsidiaries for alleged transactions that breached responsible entity laws. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

NAB launches new mortgage division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
National Australia Bank (NAB) has completed the acquisition of Challenger's mortgage management business and launched a new business division within NAB Personal Banking. The division - NAB Partnerships - includes the new division, Advantedge and existing ...

S&G settles claims for CBA Storm clients

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... failed Storm Financial. In a legal first the claims were settled using the Storm Financial Resolution Process developed by law firm Slater & Gordon and the CBA. Damian Scattini, Slater & Gordon practice group leader, said each claim had been assessed ...

Super saved the economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... and a stronger economy: the role of superannuation in Australia" was launched by the minister for superannuation, corporate law and financial services, Chris Bowen at Parliament House in Canberra. "The Australian economy would not have weathered the ...

New deputy chair for complaints tribunal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... organisation for the resolution of superannuation disputes," said the minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Bowen. Smith has over 40 years experience as a lawyer and is an accredited specialist in mediation. He has ...

ING outsources research to two firms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... dealer groups with a fully transparent approach, and places the function of selecting the APL with the dealer groups, where the law places the obligation," said Smith in the statement.