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Trustees urged to review power of attorney

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees should look over the fine print of their enduring powers of attorney documents for their fund because state and territory law can affect when and how that power is moved. Enduring power of attorney refers to the ...

State Street settles suit for $340m

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... action is the result of joint efforts by the SEC with the Massachusetts Securities Division and the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, which both announced related charges against State Street. David P. Bergers, director of the SEC's Boston Regional ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... Certain external managers who were mentioned in news stories following various actions brought by the New York Attorney General and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission were asked to voluntarily provide retroactive placement agent information. ...

PE firm pays NY fund $20m in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... firm Riverstone Holdings, has been ordered to pay US$20 million to the New York State Common Retirement Fund. US Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced an agreement with Leuschen to resolve Leuschen's role in Cuomo's investigation of corruption involving ...

MMC pays $428 million in compensation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... breaking securities law covering its contingent commission practices. According to a press statement from Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, the lawsuit which was filed in 2004 sought compensation for investors who faced losses by Marsh's failure ...

Same super rules for same sex couples

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... important step forward in ensuring the future financial security of same-sex de facto couples and their children," said Attorney-General Robert McClelland. The Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation) Act 2008 was ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... judges of the non-contributory arrangements paid to current sitting judges. The idea suggested by the Deferral Attorney General has drawn fire from legal groups saying that without the non-contributory super judges salaries will be too low and it will ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... judges of the non-contributory arrangements paid to current sitting judges. The idea suggested by the Deferral Attorney General has drawn fire from legal groups saying that without the non-contributory super judges salaries will be too low and it will ...

UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... Financial Services in the US are embroiled in a multi-billion dollar fraud lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's lawsuit charges UBS with falsely selling and marketing auction rate securities as safe, highly liquid ...

FBI sting catches $2.4bn mortgage fraud

... "Our objective, as always, is to protect the consumer and stabilise our economic markets." Similarly, the Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip said in a separate statement that the government is intent on holding perpetrators accountable so as to help ...