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Directors disqualified for 20 years

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... George Hallett, of Boronia, Victoria, was banned for two years on 16 March, for his role in would up companies Willowbank Park and Colonial Holdings. Getting a five-year ban was Mark Travis Goldenberg, of West Leederville, Western Australia, on 23 March. ...

Local councils set to recover more from Lehman

PIPER ALDERMAN RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
Local councils that invested in Lehman CDOs won a small victory this week after a court judgment that could allow them to recover more of their money back from the collapsed firm. The High Court has dismissed an appeal against the judgment of the Federal ...

TOWER hires sales manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
TOWER Australia has appointed former Aviva Victoria/Tasmania state sales manager, Craig Parker, as a sales manager for the same states. Patrick O'Connor, head of distribution at TOWER Australia, said Parker's appointment highlighted the insurance firm's ...

MetLife Australia names new chief

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... previous chief executive, left to pursue other interests, including being the owner of the Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park. In a separate development, Metlife is to buy one of American International Group, Inc.'s (AIG) international subsidiaries ...

Risk-free no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... "Yields on bonds of home-improvement retailer Lowe's in Mooresville, North Carolina, drugmaker Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, Illinois, and Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada have also been below Treasuries, Trace data show." How could this be? ...

Caution drives SMSFs to remain in cash: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
More than half of self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are not planning to change their cash allocation, according to a new survey, despite more than a third of respondents stating over half their assets are parked in the asset class. The Ubank survey ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... that presented at this year's annual Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum held at the Westin in Sydney on Tuesday, and Park Hyatt in Melbourne this morning. The consensus view is that the Australian economy will do 'reasonably okay' this year and ...

SMSFs buy more Aussie shares

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
Self-managed super funds are embracing the comeback of Aussie shares with vigour, according to new figures from Multiport. Investments in equity have become the flavour of the quarter to 31 December, with a 10 per cent jump in investments in the sector ...

St Hilliers and Cbus target residential property

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... in Sydney this year. The super fund subsidiary invested in a Bligh street property and The Residence, which overlooks Hyde Park in Sydney.

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... current legislative regime where unlicensed professionals can operate outside strict compliance laws Marianna Casella of Gordon Park, Queensland, Peter Stokes of Mango Hill, Queensland and Ken McDowell of Narre Warren, Victoria were sentenced last Friday ...