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Inquiry launched on Opes Prime collapse

By Peter Smith in Sydney

Published: March 28 2008 18:33 | Last updated: March 28 2008 18:33

Australian regulators have launched an inquiry into the collapse of Opes Prime, a margin lending and private-client broking firm forced into receivership with debts of more than A$1bn ($917m).

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, a secured creditor owed about A$650m, said that it had appointed Deloitte as receivers to Opes after the discovery of what it claimed were “a number of cash and stock movement irregularities”.

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