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Wattle saga sees another administrator sentenced

David Christopher Smith, a former director of Brisbane-based The Fund Administrators Pty Ltd (TFA) and Gold Coast company Spectrum Fund Administration Pty Ltd (Spectrum), was sentenced in the Brisbane District Court today. Mr Smith was convicted and ...

CFOs produce their own guide to risk management

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
As investor scrutiny of public companies intensifies, chief financial officers of Australia's major enterprises have moved to strengthen their risk management processes. A group of chief financial officers (CFOs) have released a comprehensive guide ...

Gold Coast company director committed for trial: ASIC

Former Gold Coast businessman Lakhmi Gulabrai Daswani - also known as Lux Daswani - was today committed to stand trial in the District Court on charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Daswani was committed ...

Robert Orehek receives eight-year managing ban

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has made orders banning Robert John Orehek from managing corporations for a period of eight years, following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Orehek consented to these ...

Westfield chairman intends to remain in top spot

Westfield Holdings Ltd executive chairman Frank Lowy said he had no intention of standing down from the top job and that he still had all of his "marbles". The comments came after the 73-year-old defended his hefty $13.39 million salary package at the ...

Suncorp appoints US-based asset consultant

Suncorp Investment Management (SIM) has appointed US-based asset consultancy Rocaton Investment Advisers to help handpick the world's best global funds managers for its world equities trust. Suncorp's manager, world equities, Rob Wood said as part of ...

Putnam scandal impacts BT ratings

The alleged market-timing scandal at Putnam, which has so far claimed the scalp of the chief executive officer and also resulted in two portfolio managers facing civil charges, continues to produce local fallout. At least one Australian ratings agency ...

Australia highlights support for ongoing APEC meeting

In a press release presented to the Financial Standard by the office of Alexander Downer, the minister for foreign affairs, Australia's support for APEC in the ongoing meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, was highlighted in this country's Individual Action ...

Australia secures fourth place on global managed fund ranking

Australia has climbed up to fourth place on the global managed fund ladder, overtaking Italy in its total managed fund assets, an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) survey has revealed. The international survey of investment funds ...

No rate increases in near future: banks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003
In what should come as a relief to Australians with home loans, the head of the St George Bank and a senior executive from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia both said yesterday they did not expect official interest rates to rise in the near future. ...