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Court ruling on Storm, "a blow" to consumer action

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... Court's decision could have serious consequences for other cases as well. "The Full Court of the Federal Court, at ASIC's request, gave a shot in the arm to the litigation funding industry through its judgment in Richards versus Macquarie Bank," Levitt ...

Macquarie and Storm victims settlement "wrong": Court

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... judged approved the settlement between Macquarie Bank and the victims of the Storm Financial fraud. The Court approved the request for appeal made by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after Macquarie agreed to pay $82.5 million ...

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Retail funds ruled out of corporate tenders on MySuper lack

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013

Advisers warned to check pension start dates after new ruling

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... significance of the of pension commencement the ATO will be particularly interested that if the pension commences by means of a request from the member, the request is dated on or before the commencement date." Hallinan said the ATO has softened its ...

EQT urges The Trust Company to avoid "fruitless" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has urged The Trust Company board to give reassurance that it would consider recommending the EQT offer of acquisition to its shareholders in order to avoid "an unnecessary and fruitless exercise for all concerned." EQT complained ...

Scam artists impersonate ASIC and MoneySmart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Consumers are being warned to be wary of scam artists impersonating representatives of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and MoneySmart. ASIC said the confidence tricksters are calling up from offshore telling unsuspecting ...

Super funds unready for trans-Tasman transfer rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... provisions, once the superannuant has shown that they have moved permanently to New Zealand, their KiwiSaver provider will request the funds from the Australian super fund. The fund then has 30 days to transfer the funds. However, Vedran Babic, operations ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Wilson HTM halts trade ahead of announcement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Wilson HTM Investment Group has requested a trading halt in its securities ahead of an announcement expected later today. "The trading halt is requested while the board completes certain discussions with management," Wilson HTM said in a statement to ...