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Rowe takes FPA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Committees and a member of the Board Remuneration and Succession Planning Committee. He has also chaired the FPA Ripoll Inquiry Committee and Professional Conduct Committees. Chair for three years, Julie Berry, announced in September she would step d ...

US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... of Justice. Janus Capital, which has an office in Melbourne, confirmed in a regulatory filing that it "has received an inquiry regarding the recently disclosed insider trading investigation on Wall Street calling for general information and intends to ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... review of the Australian financial system and competition among the big four banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media reports over the weekend quote the shadow treasurer calling ...

Demystifying the "flash crash"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... "flash crash" of May 6 where US equity markets dramatically declined and recovered in a matter of minutes. In a recent inquiry into the abnormal market behaviour, the US Commodity Trading and Futures Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange ...

Fuld me twice

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... eventually become the GFC, shamed former chairman and chief executive of the bank, Dick Fuld, fronted a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) hearing overnight in Washington. A defiant Fuld told the FCIC hearing that had the failed investment bank ...

Top CEOs back statutory fiduciary duty for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
The country's top executives in financial services said that the Ripoll Inquiry recommendation to impose statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers is the best way to improve the quality of advice, a survey shows. The Financial Services Council/PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... (FoFA) reforms proposed a July 2012 deadline. "In the main, we think the way that the government's been through the Ripoll Inquiry and FoFA have been very sound and robust. Therefore, we're keen that the content of any proposals coming through other ...

US Commission subpoenas Goldman Sachs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Goldman Sachs, which is currently under SEC investigation, has been issued a subpoena by the US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission this month. According to a press statement from the Commission, Goldman Sachs failed to comply with a request for documents ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... drain. It also wasn't because of last night's report that the euro hit fresh four-year lows or that the US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission subpoenaed Goldman Sachs for hindering its investigation. It's not because of the dirty laundry list of what ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... week that at one stage saw the blue-chip index plummet almost 1,000 points in one session. US regulators have launched an inquiry into Thursday's dizzying stock plunge that left market participants shaken in a wave of panic that dented confidence around ...