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Finance industry integrity called into question

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... stakeholders saying it doesn't and 20% saying it does. ASIC's performance in preventing market abuses such as insider trading is perceived as positive, with 47% of stakeholders rating ASIC as good or excellent in this task.

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... $50,000 and banned from managing a corporation for five years. Gay is the most senior executive to be convicted of insider trading in Australia and pleaded guilty to the crime earlier this month. He was convicted on the basis that he ought to have known ...

Former Royal Bank of Canada employee jailed for insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

Gunns chair pleads guilty to insider trading

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
John Gay, the former chairman of forestry company Gunns Limited, has pleaded guilty to insider trading. In December 2009, Gay sold 3.4 million shares in Gunns when he had inside information that the company's was faring poorly. When the company's half-year ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
A former analyst with boutique finance firm Lincoln Crowne & Company (LCC) has pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. The charge against Jonathan Jin Yi Ang, 25 ...

Ex-Lonsec MD convicted of insider trading

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Norman John Graham, a former managing director of stockbroking firm Lonsec, was convicted of insider trading at the County Court of Victoria on Wednesday. In 2010, Graham sold 200,000 shares in Clean Seas Tuna knowing that the fisheries company was ...

Former Citigroup broker convicted for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
The Western Australia Supreme Court has convicted a former Citigroup broker for insider trading, following an investigation from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The broker, Colin Edward George Hebbard, of Gwelup, Western ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... Herbalife lost 3.8 per cent after announcing that its accounting firm, KPMG, was resigning due to the alleged insider trading of a KPMG partner. LONDON - European stock markets have ended mixed, with London gaining on data showing Britain may escape ...

Former consultant sentenced for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... The County Court of Victoria has sentenced former consultant Ulf Ronnie Lindskog after being convicted of four insider trading charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Judge David Parsons sentenced Lindskog to 12 ...

Former Lonsec MD pleads guilty to insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
Former managing director of stockbroking firm Lonsec Norman John Graham pleaded guilty to two charges of insider trading, the Australian Securities and Investments Comission (ASIC) announced on Friday. The charges relate to an order that Graham placed ...