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OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... on structured investments, was it not? I don't know what has happened to S&P's appeal against Australian Federal Court Justice Jayne Jagot's ruling against the agency in November 2012. Standard & Poor's and two other defendants who were ordered to pay ...

Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... of process, that it had no prospect of success and that S&P should not be required to submit to the Australian courts. Justice Stephen Rares rejected all three arguments and stated that the claimants had an arguable case. He also considered that S&P ...

Better ASIC-AFP relationship could lead to more prosecutions

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Economics Reference Committee has heard. ASIC officials admitted that there was scope for a more efficient delivery of justice during the Senate Economics Reference Committee public hearing on the inquiry about the performance of the regulator. ASIC ...

Tarrant appeals AAT banning order

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... wilful, breach," the tribunal said. Tarrant will now appeal this decision on the grounds that former ALP Attorney General Justice Duncan Kerr has denied him "procedural fairness, as well as, natural justice and has made a number of errors of law including ...

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 ...