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Advisory firm directors may challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... considering a legal challenge to a three-year ASIC ban imposed after clients lost money in funds associated with the Trio Capital superannuation fund fraud. ASIC said on Tuesday it was holding financial advisers to account as gatekeepers over the loss ...

Trio director offers EU to APRA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Former Trio Capital Limited (Trio) director, Natasha Beck, has acknowledge her part in the firm's collapse and offered an enforceable undertaking to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which it has accepted. Faced with a possible ...

ASIC accepts EU from Kilara Financial Solutions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Financial Solutions, will take on an independent compliance expert at its own cost after having switched clients to Trio Capital super products. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted the Enforcable Undertaking (EU) ...

Shorten ups Trio super levy to $750,000

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... the compensation levy being introduced to recoup the lost $55 million for the victims of failed investment firm, Trio Capital. Under new regulations announced, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has raised the maximum levy payment amount for the 30 largest ...

Proposed tough planner rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... interest of their clients. Increasing the impact and reach of ASIC to combat such situations as Storm Financial and Trio Capital, planners may potentially face fines of up to a million dollars and lifetime bans for breaches of new regulations. In response ...

Deadline tonight for Trio levy submissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... funds to have their say on regulations governing the levy to raise $55 million in compensation for victims of the Trio Capital fraud. With the impost worked out as a percentage of funds under management and capped at $500,000, some industry watchers ...

Trio compo draft regulations released

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Monday to have their say on regulations governing the levy to raise $55 million in compensation for victims of the Trio Capital fraud. Funds will be exposed to a maximum impost of $500,000 down to a minimum of $50 in the draft regulations released by ...

Fund managers fail to make the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... some areas." Industry watchers believe the research house is adopting a tough approach after having lost face in the Trio Capital scandal, along with other researchers Aegis Equities Research and VanMac - all of whom issued reports mentioning the disgraced ...

ASIC silent on possible research probe

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... refused to confirm or deny whether research houses who gave five-star ratings or positive reports on fraud funds Trio Capital and Astarra are being investigated. But industry insiders say the corporate watchdog is conducting a high-level investigation ...

Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Financial planners relying on research are sitting ducks for legal action in the wake of the Trio Capital superannuation fraud and need to protect themselves, a planner has said. In the case of the Trio Capital fraud, adviser Ross Tarrant's firm Tarrants ...