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Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
If you've already read the various reports on various websites and blogs trying to give meaning to Wall Street's slip overnight, you're now probably getting antsy pantsy that the bad ol' times have returned. This from The Age quoting "AAP, with Business ...

Scammer targets AMP and AXA investors

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... the value of their shares. We strongly urge our shareholders to reject this current offer and to always carefully investigate any offer for their AMP shares," said AMP chief financial officer Paul Leaming.

Hedge fund adviser gets $2.7m fine

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
A US hedge fund adviser will have to cough up $2.7 million to settle SEC charges for breaching short selling rules. The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged Dallas-based Carlson Capital for breaching a regulation which prevents short ...

ANZ to compensate Storm victims

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... on relevant ANZ loans held by customers while they take part in the resolution scheme. "The settlement process will investigate the strength of each claim, review ANZ's lending decisions and consider the customer's current financial circumstances," said ...

Corrupt city officials face pension freeze

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... secretive salaries in one case rose to almost US$800,000 a year. "We have joined the Attorney General's office to investigate all the facts and circumstances surrounding payment of salaries and other compensation to officials at the City of Bell," noted ...

Westscheme overhauls intl equities portfolio

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... cases, include a moderate base payment and a performance fee component. The fund's executives travelled the world to investigate a wide range of fund managers with a variety of different approaches. These changes follow the super fund dropping its emerging ...

SEC hunts BP oil spill scammers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... technical assistance to US Government agencies, predictions of rapid sales growth and pressure to invest immediately. Investigate before investing, find out who sent the message, find out where the stock trades, read a company's SEC filings and exercise ...

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... commission-free super to all Australians. Officially called the Super System Review, the Cooper Review was set up last year to investigate the governance, operations and efficiency, and structure of the current superannuation system. Having received ...

Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... objective third party." Kenneth Lench, chief of the SEC's Structured and New Products Unit, added, "The SEC continues to investigate the practices of investment banks and others involved in the securitisation of complex financial products tied to the ...

Investors get $250m compensation for crook advice

FSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... additional costs were not justified for a particular customer. Some advisers were also found to disregard research, and not investigate a customer's existing pension arrangements. The FSA's findings have prompted firms to deliver around $250 million ...