Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 401 - 410 of 566 results for "Civil"

ANZ faces mis-selling allegations in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
The Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales has allowed a case against ANZ and OnePath for mis-selling a life insurance product to proceed. Charles and Judith Cairns, New Zealand citizens ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... 2016, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This decrease compared with April 2016 is due to civil engineering falling by 1.9% and building construction by 0.3%. Among Member States for which data are available, the largest ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
"As a historian, I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also of western political civilization in its entirety." -Donald Tusk, President of the European Council I thought he went over the top and got carried ...

Chinese and Dutch investment giants explore long-term alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
One of China's largest asset managers and the in-house investment manager for the Netherlands' $500 billion National Civil Pension Fund (ABP) are in discussions to form a long-term strategic alliance. APG manages assets for ABP, which is the Netherlands' ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
'Brexit', the worry du jour and the epic horror movie of our time that's coming soon, very soon to a theatre near us. With only four sleeps to go before the Brits vote to leave or remain in the European Union this coming Thursday (23 June), the UK remains ...

MFSIM execs use $143.5m in client money to repay debts

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... Court of Queensland. The MFS Group, subsequantly known as Octaviar, collapsed in 2008 owing $2.5 billion. ASIC launched civil action in 2009, alleging that the senior executives had misappropriated $143.5 million of unitholders money to repay debts by ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... criminal context, such as non-prosecution agreements, deferred prosecution agreements and cooperation credit, but not a civil one. And so in civil context you'd often have many people circling the wagons when the regulators came. And that led to more ...

CalPERS and Moody's settle for $130 million

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... said the case is considered a record because it's the largest known recovery from Moody's and S&P in a private lawsuit for civil damages. CalPERS sued Moody's and other rating agencies in 2009 after the pension fund sustained losses from investments ...

DomaCom starts bookbuild for LGBTI retirement village

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... target for stage one land acquisition of $650,000. Stage two will raise a further $1.8 million to complete rezoning and civil works and stage three the build and development of boutique townhouses. The entire project is expected to be finished in two ...

Buffett brings adviser PI products to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... Financial Planners Professional Indemnity Insurance, Professional First Asset Manager Liability Insurance and Professional First Civil Liability Insurance. "We are pleased to introduce the first of our primary executive and professional lines policies ...