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Update: Hotchin settles with Perpetual before appeal to draw into FMA case
Fintech

Update: Hotchin settles with Perpetual before appeal to draw into FMA case

Mark Hotchin, principal of failed finance company Hanover, has reached a confidential settlement with one of Hanover's trustees, Perpetual Trust, leav.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2015
Hotchin drops Perpetual in appeal case
Fintech

Hotchin drops Perpetual in appeal case

Mark Hotchin, principal of failed finance company Hanover, has abandoned his appeal against Perpetual Trust to include them in the Financial Markets A.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2015
Callaghan quizzed by MPs over 'failures,' grants to foreign companies
Government

Callaghan quizzed by MPs over 'failures,' grants to foreign companies

Callaghan Innovation, the government backed innovation hub, faced questions this week from opposition MPs about why it had funded companies that subse.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2015
RESEND: SFO charges four men over pokies fraud
Risk & Compliance

RESEND: SFO charges four men over pokies fraud

The Serious Fraud Office has charged four men, including former Harness Racing New Zealand chairman Pat O'Brien, over an alleged multi-million gami.

By Pattrick Smellie • 1 min read • Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
Crown Asset Management discontinues South Canterbury Finance claim
Government

Crown Asset Management discontinues South Canterbury Finance claim

Crown Asset Management, the government entity set up to wind down the remaining assets of finance companies that called on the retail deposit guara.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2014
FMA leaves civil claim against SCF to Crown Asset Management
Government

FMA leaves civil claim against SCF to Crown Asset Management

The Financial Markets Authority won't chase South Canterbury Finance in a civil claim, saying it can't justify the cost of doing so and leaving it.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2014

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