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Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Was it good? Or was it bad? I refer, of course, to that mother of all eco stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - the one that'll guide financial market activity, if not through the end of this year or longer, at least until next month. It was good. ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Australian institutional investors eyeballing Asian investment opportunities need to understand not only their investment markets, but how different Asian business networks and regulatory systems are to Australian systems. Catching out novice Australian ...

ASIC civil case a dead duck: Storm founders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Lawyers for Storm founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis have urged Federal Court judge John Reeves to dismiss ASIC's civil action, saying the regulator has no reasonable prospect of success in prosecuting the couple for breach of director duties. ASIC ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Glen Townsing has been appointed to the board of WA public sector super fund GESB as a member director. He replaces Derek Spray who recently retired after serving as a member director since 2003. Townsing is a senior developer at the WA Department of ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The management of the Australian Property Growth Fund is refusing to disclose its register of unit holders in defiance of an Australian Securities & Investments Commission order, said the directors of CYRE Trilogy. Bank of Queensland Chairman Neil Summersen ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to wind up an unregistered managed investment scheme operated by Secured Bond Ltd. In proceedings on 28 May 2012, the Supreme Court also made ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
It was the summit touted as the one to end all summits. But nah! As Daryll Kerrigan in the "The Castle" would say, "tell him he's dreaming". Five Plans done, "n" to go. Last weekend's European Summit produced something - well, sort of - and the equity ...

ASIC achieves settlement for Westpoint investors

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
A group of investors in the failed Westpoint Group stand to receive over $1.39 million in compensation in a settlement reached by ASIC against Queensland firm Strategic Joint Partners. ASIC started proceedings against Strategic Joint Partners (SJP) ...

MilitarySuper chief executive to stand down

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Michael Seton is stepping down as chief executive of MilitarySuper from next month following the fund's merger with the ARIA group of funds in July. Seton has been at the helm of MilitarySuper since October 2010 when he took over from Paul Watson. Previously ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
Germany ratifies rescue plan, now for the rescue. With 523 'jawohls' to 85 'neins' and three abstentions, Germany's Bundestag approved the 21 July plan to increase the lending capacity of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to a,-440 billion ...