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FIIG brings corporate bond issue to market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... 7% and 7.5% and dealers will be free to trade the securities on the secondary market without facing an early redemption penalty. FIIG chief executive Mark Paton said the latest issue was another step in opening up a new source of funding for Australian ...

Former consultant sentenced for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... three of the charges and imposed him a fine of $15,000 on the other charge. Lindskog was also ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty order of $25,613 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The sentence came after Lindskog pleaded guilty to the four counts ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... to regulate acquisitions and the press; new rules on coal seam gas projects; a clampdown on 457 visas; enforcement of penalty and awards rates. It is but natural for Australian businesses to be concerned, these new plans are a threat to their future ...

QROP advise must improve: AMP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... normal way as it can usually be withdrawn if the client leaves the employment of the fund sponsor, albeit they'd pay a tax penalty," he noted. He said other complications include country-specific investment restrictions for their pension schemes. "Even ...

Insurance broker pleads guilty to theft

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... charged with three counts of theft totalling $662,198.39 between August 2010 and March 2011. Each offence carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment. At the time of the offences Wickett was the sole director of Wickett Investments Pty Ltd and ...

APRA changes to Super data collection unrealistic: IQ Group

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... information about investments via 31 reports across 10 different groups, together with the threat of a strict liability offence penalty regime. It's understood that these new reports for APRA are multi-layered and require data about MySuper products ...

Super cap breaches tumble

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... year." In many cases, once the cap has been breached, the ATO has limited discretion to change its assessments and a tax penalty of 31.5% is payable. MLC has recently launched the 2012/13 version of its industry-leading online contribution cap calculator ...

Barclays cops $80,000 fine

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... accounts money without authorisation. The corporate watch dog yesterday confirmed that Barclays had paid an infringement penalty fine worth $80.000 after it withdrew money from its client's accounts instead of its own accounts as intended and failed ...

Credit Suisse fined by ASIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... were "inappropriate" given no alerts were triggered prior to the entry of the Bids on the trading strategy. The pecuniary penalty reflected the fact that Credit Suisse had self reported to ASIC, co-operated throughout the investigation, did not dispute ...

Mortgage broker first offender under new law

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... the offences he was the sole director and sole employee of M.A.I Pacific in Bankstown. ASIC said Nguyen faces a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment, a fine of up to $11,000 or both, for each charge. The corporate watchdog said he was committed ...