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Perpetual settles over Mahogany

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
Perpetual Trustee Company has settled a long running legal dispute on behalf of 1,000 retail investors who bought $125 million of notes issued by a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers. The details of the settlement cannot be disclosed for six months, but ...

FX broker IPOs on Wall St

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... exchange broker FXCM raising more than US$200 million through an initial public offering of shares on Wall Street. The company's shares listed at $14 and traded as high as $15.34, giving it a market capitalisation of more than $1 billion. According to ...

ASIC slaps tough penance for fin services misconduct

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... the community service order. Meanwhile, on November 10, ASIC banned a former adviser for market manipulation as a former company director was charged with dishonest conduct. While the more notorious of these cases fall within the broking community, financial ...

VicSuper wins sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... best report for a small to medium sized enterprise for the third year running and best report for a financial services company for the second year running. VicSuper has been a strong promoter of sustainability, including the May 2009 awarding of an initial ...

Bell Potter faces $22m class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... class action, held in the Federal Court of Australia, alleges that Bell Potter encouraged clients to buy shares in biotech company, Progen Pharmaceuticals (PGL) in 2007. Shortly after, Bell Potter was appointed as co-underwriter of a capital raising ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... the issue of $700 million of November 2012 bonds. In equities news, David Jones Ltd and Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd hold annual general meetings. On Thursday, the Australian share market surged 1.8 per cent to a two-week high on positive ...

Hunter Hall shares profits with charity

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... Trust of NSW, Eye Foundation, Careflight and Birthing Kit Foundation. Hunter Hall International Limited and the parent company of Hunter Hall Investment Management Limited manage $1.87 billion on behalf of over 29,000 investors.

Heat rises on emissions disclosure

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... stating that the proposed resolution (around carbon disclosure) actually impinged on the board's authority to manage the company. A third resolution lodged with Oil Search has been accepted for its AGM in May 2011. Woodside Petroleum is taking legal ...

Macquarie takes 17.5pc stake in Bluestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... Servicing, a portfolio administration business with over $3 billion under management. When credit markets froze up in 2008, the company adapted its business model towards the financing, acquisition and management of financial assets.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... down 21 points to 4,576 points, with 15,155 contracts traded. Around five companies were lower on the S&P/ASX50 for every company that was higher at noon. IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said the local market had followed a weak lead from Wall Street ...