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Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... government's response to the reports by the Parliamentary Joint Committee and Richard St. John on the collapse of Trio Capital. Shadow minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said the the government's reaction to the reports ...

Former Astarra director permanently banned from fin services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... placed into liquidation on 22 December 2009 and his banning is a result of ASIC's investigation of the collapse of Trio Capital. ASIC found Liu engaged in dishonest conduct in matters such as incorrect statements made in the Astarra Strategic Fund (ASF) ...

VOFF slams MP response Trio Capital fraud

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) has criticised member for Thornsby Stephen Jones over his response to the Trio Capital fraud. Jones said in a WIN News interview on 11 February that he intends to present a Private Members Bill to Federal Parliament ...

Keep chasing architects of Trio collapse: Agencies

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
A joint parliamentary committee yesterday urged enforcement agencies to keep chasing the perpetrator of the Trio Capital Fraud. Some $176 million was lost or went missing following the collapse of Trio in late 2009 - the largest superannuation fraud ...

Trio Capital action group to put forward Federal Candidate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... Stephen Jones, as a result of the Gillard Government's alleged unfairness in awarding compensation in the wake of the Trio Capital Fraud. VOFF was formed in February last year and primarily represents victims of the Trio Capital fraud in the Illawarra ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... yesterday, ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said the rules had been strongly influenced by the $176 million collapse of Trio Capital, where money was invested in two hedge funds and then siphoned offshore. ASIC clarified its definition of hedge funds as ...

Harsh ASIC ban on Seagrim slashed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... not adequately disclosed, they were a reimbursement for joint advertising costs shared with Astarra, later known as Trio Capital, with the panel finding that they did not encourage the Seagrims to place clients into the Astarra-managed funds. "They committed ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... known as Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) said all fraud victims should be compensated by the government. "In the Trio Capital case, VOFF are demanding compensation for all without discrimination, paid by the government," he said. Telford rejected as ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... market has forced increasing requirements for 'gatekeepers', concerns which were reinforced following the collapse of Trio Capital. Liz Westover, head of superannuation at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, however, said that while she supports ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... Australian Law. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital report said that US citizen Jack Flader, was the ultimate controller of the business of the Trio Capital Group. The report ...