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Bank claims Great Southern action stumped

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has claimed that the Great Southern class action DC Legal commenced against the bank has "fallen over". The bank made its calls following the striking out on last Wednesday of the separate class action initiated by Macpherson ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Financial planners have a new tool on hand to work out how best to cater for their next generation of clients following a new wealth report that shows which countries are breeding more billionaires and how they are investing their money. For decades ...

Great Southern investors target BABL

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Around 2,000 Great Southern investors launched a class action in the Federal Court to recover losses from bankers, including Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited (BABL), which lent them money to invest in the schemes. Investors have asked the Federal Court ...

ASIC recovers $24m for Westpoint victims

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
Westpoint investors in ASIC's class against Glenhurst Corporation will receive their share of $24.5 million recovered to date by the corporate regulator. The Glenhurst settlement, worth $2.5 million, is one of six reached by ASIC on behalf of investors ...

ASIC reaches sixth Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
ASIC has reached another Westpoint settlement, this time against Barzen Pty Ltd (formerly Dukes Financial Services) and Joseph Dukes for $1 million. The settlement is subject to the approval of the Federal Court. If approved by the court, the Dukes' ...

AMP Capital opens NY office

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
AMP Capital Investors hopes to service its clients' increasing appetite for global mandates with the opening of a new North American Infrastructure office - making high profile recruitments to get things underway. "AMP Capital is one of the most experienced ...

Great Southern legal battle continues

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers are progressing with their legal campaign against Great Southern, filing with the Victorian Supreme Court further allegations through a class action against the collapsed agricultural investment scheme manager. Formerly a ...

Aon ramps up insurance and pensions

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
The $1.5 billion Aon Master Trust has improved its insurance cover, boosted its pension capabilities and launched an asset allocation calculator as it builds on its suite of services. From 1 July 2010, the Aon Master Trust gives new members of Personal ...

US pension funds get $800m from class action

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Three Ohio pension funds have won a $840 million settlement from AIG after the insurer agreed to settle claims of accounting violations and stock price manipulation, in the tenth-largest securities class action settlement in U.S. history. Ohio Attorney ...

NY fund sues BP over oil spill losses

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The $152 billion New York State Pension Fund is suing British Petroleum over losses from the oil spill disaster. In a press statement, New York state comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the trustee of the NY fund, said he was hiring law firm Cohen Milstein ...