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Banc of America Securities charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... director of the SEC's division of enforcement, in a statement. "The conduct was egregious - in return for business, the company repeatedly paid undisclosed gratuitous payments and kickbacks and affirmatively misrepresented that the bidding process was ...

Former Chartwell director pleads guilty

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... director, Graeme Hoy, has pleaded guilty to 47 charges relating to the collapse of the firm. Chartwell, a Geelong-based company, allegedly traded investor funds on local and global financial markets. Hoy was charged with 148 counts of obtaining a financial ...

Adviser Toolbox free for planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... The groups' intellectual property is gathered with permission from the various government and non-government websites. A company spokesperson said there are around 500 advisers registered to use the service currently. "As it is free, we expect a larger ...

Fairview beats benchmark by a mile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... for each year. Fairview said that over the past 12 months top contributors to its returns have included salary packaging company McMillan Shakespeare, gold company Andean Resources, Centennial Coal, mining construction services company Forge Group, and ...

Astarra director faces five years jail, $220k fine

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... circumstances where he would personally receive a significant portion of the monies for his own benefit and for the benefit of his company. The funds Richard placed in the overseas hedge funds had been raised by the responsible entity of ASF, Trio Capital ...

ASIC bans adviser for misleading conduct

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... March 2002 and 7 July 2008, concluded "misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to the transfer of funds from Tran's company, Nirvana Shares Pty Ltd, to client accounts," said the ASIC release. Tran is not able to provide financial services after ...

Court rejects Great Southern statement of claim

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... vineyards resulting to over 25,000 investors from 2005 to 2009. However, short-term cash issues arose quickly with the company recording under $700 million debt shortly thereafter.

HFA Holdings teams up with Apollo

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... million worth of convertible notes issued by HFA, and also purchase125 million out of the money equity options in the company. The proceeds of the convertible bond issuance will be used by HFA to pay down its loan facility and leave the company with ...

Nikko snaps up Singapore fund manager

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... Investment Management Berhad (Malaysia's largest independent fund manager) and Asian Islamic Investment Management Sdn Bhd. The company will also gain DBSAM's Hong Kong fund management subsidiary, however DBSAM's 33 per cent stake in Changshen Fund Management ...

Cooper starts new role at Challenger

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... completed Super System Review, has quietly started a new role at Challenger Financial Services. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that Cooper has been appointed to the newly created position of chairman of Challenger Retirement Incomes. He will ...