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Trio Capital action group to put forward Federal Candidate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... politician Stephen Jones, as a result of the Gillard Government's alleged unfairness in awarding compensation in the wake of the Trio Capital Fraud. VOFF was formed in February last year and primarily represents victims of the Trio Capital fraud in the ...

Draft regulation released for Accountant Exemption

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... financial advisers who wish to grow and diversify their business," Shorten said yesterday in a statement. "Collapses such as TRIO highlight the need for investors to fully understand the alternatives before changing their existing superannuation arrangements," ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... its verdict (the disbursement of the next tranche of aid) on Greece either. Bloomberg reported just this morning that the trio "-- said on Sept. 21 they'll take a "brief pause" after making "good progress" in talks." How long the pause? If Reuters' story ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... Forum yesterday, ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said the rules had been strongly influenced by the $176 million collapse of Trio Capital, where money was invested in two hedge funds and then siphoned offshore. ASIC clarified its definition of hedge funds ...

Harsh ASIC ban on Seagrim slashed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... were not adequately disclosed, they were a reimbursement for joint advertising costs shared with Astarra, later known as Trio Capital, with the panel finding that they did not encourage the Seagrims to place clients into the Astarra-managed funds. "They ...

Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... skills. More importantly, they must address the public's poor perception of advisers after the collapse of Westpoint and Trio. "If we collaborate and address these issues, we will be in a good space as a profession and we can hold our heads high," said ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
Australia's corporate watchdog said it has learnt some lessons in the wake of the Trio fraud, and plans to be more proactive. While admitting that the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) could never guarantee that a similar scenario ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... the SMSF professionals' Association of Australia said the report was "plain commonsense," he referred to the cost of the Trio scam and said investors were still often failing to follow basic checks. "The need for investors to check a number of sources ...

Trio fraud victims demand compensation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
A group of Trio fraud victims is meeting with Bill Shorten, minister for superannuation and financial services, to demand that they be compensated for their losses just as members of regular super funds were compensated. John Telford, secretary of the ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... together with investment consultants Sarah Azzi and Scott McNally, will move to Mercer next week. According to Mercer, the trio will be taking most of their existing client base with them. Sovereign's asset consulting clients for alternatives include ...