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Another HIH exec faces the music

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... investigation into the circumstances of the collapse, which has so far seen company executives Ray Williams, Rodney Adler and Brad Cooper sentenced to jail for their roles. Lo was charged with four offences: making a materially false or misleading statement ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
The Australian automotive industry continues to struggle with the latest figures from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries showing that, following the reduction in tariffs to 10 per cent from 15 per cent in January 2005, locally made light cars ...

SEC hits fraudulent insurer with $790m penalty

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US equivalent to Australia's financial services regulator the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has ordered life insurer Prudential Equity Group (PEG) to pay $790 million (US$600 ...

Schroders welcomes new CEO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... announced the promotion of a new chief executive officer with the outgoing head taking up a regional management role. Greg Cooper will leave his role as Schroders head of product, Asia Pacific, take up the chief executive officer role. Outgoing chief ...

Fortia builds on experience

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... has announced the addition of a new director to help drive its development ambitions. Long time industry stalwart John Cooper has been appointed to the board. He will focus on driving development opportunities, construction contract management, infrastructure ...

ASIC bans broker and adviser for life

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed permanent bans on an insurance broker and a former ANZ Bank adviser for syphoning off significant amounts of money. Former insurance broker Dennis Whittaker, who was general manager ...

Westpoint fundraiser's last minute dash

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
On Sunday Neil Burnard, disgraced businessman and director of Palentia, the alleged fundraiser for the toppled Westpoint group, returned to Australia after he was refused entry in a last minute dash to the United States after a last minute dash to remain ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expects growth for its 30-member industrialised countries to be 3.1 per cent this year. This compares with International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for global economic growth of 4.9 ...

Mariner joins SEQUAL to promote reverse mortgages

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... will continue to keep a close eye on the promotion of reverse mortgages, and will be particularly vigilant," said Jeremy Cooper, ASIC deputy chairman. Echoing this, Ireland added, "There are many variations of this product offering in the market today. ...

ASIC pursues Citigroup for alleged insider trading

... Citigroup to undertake community service, education and/or to receive a monetary penalty. Deputy chairman of ASIC, Jeremy Cooper, said, "This is a significant case raising two very important issues for the securities industry: having adequate arrangements ...