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RE model should be reviewed: PIS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... return to the previous "trustee" model could be a solution to safeguard investors from collapses such as those of Great Southern and Timbercorp. Grahame Evans, managing director of the $15.8 billion Professional Investment Services, said a review of ...

IMF Australia targets Great Southern

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
IMF Australia has agreed to fund legal proceedings on behalf of Great Southern Cattle projects against companies and various directors within the agribusiness fund manager. The planned litigation will be a group action in the Supreme Court of Western ...

ATO targets loss schemes

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... the ATO. Managed Investment Schemes (MIS) are also under heavy scrutiny. The recent collapses of Timbercorp and Great Southern in particular have put agribusiness managed investment schemes in a negative light. According to the AAG Agri-Index, which ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... Ltd and Stirling Resources Ltd hold annual general meetings. NSX Ltd will hold an extraordinary general meeting. Great Southern Ltd holds its first creditors' meeting in Melbourne, while Lehman Bros Australia holds a creditors' meeting in Sydney. Qantas ...

Conservative strategies pay for ITC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... ITC banks on its prudent business model to ride the crisis facing the agribusiness sector after Timbercorp and Great Southern went into administration. Adam Redman, spokesperson at ITC, said the firm's key business is forestry, a key differentiator between ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... they need capital, with Graincorp and Billabong the latest to join that queue," Ms Saly said. News that debt-laden Great Southern Ltd had entered administration was also driving investor sentiment lower, she said. "We're going to see the agricultural ...

Great Southern falls into administration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Agribusiness fund manager Great Southern has appointed administrators after its banks withdrew support for its ongoing restructuring program. The directors of Great Southern Limited and Great Southern Managers Australia Limited have appointed Martin ...

ITC Funds Management expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... industry experience, will lead ITC's Product Development team. He previously held senior management roles at NAB, Great Southern and Timbercorp. Fellow appointee Bailey, who boasts 20 years industry experience, previously worked at ANZ, BT Financial ...

Boutiques hire ex-Macq BDMs

MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... products sales and distribution teams in Queensland and Western Australia. Before working at Macquarie, she worked at Great Southern and ANZ Bank in similar roles. Carey will be responsible for Instreet's products in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania ...

Great Southern shrinks as sales drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Great Southern's $100 million fall in sales June 30 this year has seen the firm's management embark on a massive cost cutting exercise. David Ikin, communications manager of the listed company, confirmed the sales of Great Southern's managed investment ...