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ASIC blocks Tankstream

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
ASIC has issued final stop orders on unsolicited offers made by Tankstream Funds Management to investors in 16 unlisted Centro MCS property syndicates. The orders follow Tankstream making a series of unsolicited offers for up to 50 per cent of the interests ...

LKM directors blocked from leaving Oz

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
ASIC has successfully stopped Rolf Koops and Sandra Martin, directors of collapsed debenture scheme operator LKM Capital, which cost investors $63 million in losses, from leaving the country. The NSW Federal Court ordered that Koops and Martin be restrained ...

Computershare boosts data protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... the incident or blocks suspicious message from leaving the company. The system also allows Computershare to register and block unauthorised copying of sensitive information using a number of resources such as a USB memory stick or CD. Craig Scroggie ...

Bookmakers fund closer to liquidity resolution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... managed to take possession of three property developments with the view of progressing the assets for members. These include a block of three nearly completed luxury houses in Rose Bay, a partially complete office block in Pymble, and a development of ...

Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... the focus is now on the remuneration pay of super fund executives, with WA Treasurer Troy Buswell reportedly attempting to block the chief exec pay rise at super fund GESB. WA newspapers and the AFR have, in the past two days, reported that Buswell has ...

Spam levels threaten inbox safety

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Financial planners should have a good look at whether their internet security is up to date after a technology firm found the amount of spam on the internet rose by 192 per cent in a year. Security firm, Symantec, found the amount of spam on the internet ...

Trend Micro turns gatekeeper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
Financial planners and fund managers paranoid about the dangers that lurk behind social networks and "personal" surfing can now avail of a new IT solution that monitors web traffic at a granular level to prevent malicious software from sabotaging secure ...

OneVue introduces portfolio blocking

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Separately managed account provider OneVue has unveilled a new portfolio blocking service to its SMAs to protect the intellectual property of fund managers. Brett Marsh, head of transition strategy at OneVue, said the protection of intellectual property ...

AMP Capital Investors block poor corp governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... voting against those of Babcock & Brown Capital, Fortescue Metals and Roc Oil. The fund enumerated the reasons it would block an incentive plan including the lack of performance hurdles set against these incentives, poor disclosure of terms and when ...

NAB and Aviva rule platform land

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
NAB's acquisition of Aviva Australia's Navigator business will create the largest platform provider with $69 billion in funds under management and more than 2,900 advisers using its services. NAB, which announced it had agreed to purchase Aviva Australia's ...