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Investors recoup $3m in first Caddick payout

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... further significant distributions to Investors," he said. Caddick is purported to have fleeced investors, family, and friends of more than $23 million. On May 25, the New South Wales Coroner declared Caddick dead, though the nature of her demise could ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... 2013 and 2021, the 86-year-old exploited his access to corporate boardrooms, repeatedly providing inside information to friends, personal assistants, private pilots, and romantic partners. This included publicly traded companies he was a major investor ...

Vale Michael Murray

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... Australian Ethical chief executive and managing director John McMurdo offered his heartfelt condolences to Murray's family, friends, and colleagues. "Anyone who knows Mike knows he was an outstanding professional; ably leading the domestic equities team ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... services industry, Leigh Watson feels it's time to step back from full-time work and spend more time with family and friends. Watson left Swiss Re on June 30 after nine years as the head of life & health reinsurance for Australia & New Zealand. Before ...

Decade-long Santos well leak prompts investor concern

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... has no regulatory authority to monitor wells abandoned prior to its establishment in 2012. Jeff Waters, campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said methane should be counted in national greenhouse gas accounts, and called on the regulator to order assessments ...

Melissa Caddick declared dead by coroner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
The fraudster who purported to be a financial adviser to scam upwards of $23 million out of family and friends is likely dead, the inquest has found. That was the key finding delivered by the NSW Coroner yesterday, though the nature of her demise could ...

Australians prioritise financial independence: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... holiday. Owning a home and maintaining a good work-life balance sat equally (45%) while a trusted group of family and friends closely followed (44%). The shift in priorities coincides with post-pandemic pressures and the cost of living crisis which has ...

Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... applied to the earnings of small advice practices, which ran from 2014 to June 2016. On LinkedIn, former colleagues and friends are remembering Harrison as a "valuable guiding light" who was one of the greats of Australia's life insurance industry ...

Finfluencer receives jail sentence

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
... under s1041D of the Corporations Act, following findings he used 13 different share trading accounts, held in the names of friends and relatives, to manipulate the share price of 20 different listed stocks between September 2014 and July 2015, ASIC said. ...

Former adviser jailed for nine years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... of these victims, the offender had established personal bonds over many years. In some instances, he had become close friends with them and their families. His victims let him into their lives, and he seriously abused their generosity, hospitality and ...