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Article: BNZ sues New Zealand Exchange for $4.4 million.
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- September 12, 2005
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Byline: Tina Morrison
Sep 12, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) claims that theNew Zealand Exchange's negligence led to abrokerage's collapse. BNZ is suing the
Exchange and accountants Deloitte ToucheTomahatsu, saying that the two entities wereduty-bound to protect stockholders' funds,but failed to do so in the case of AccessBrokerage. Access collapsed in 2004 with an overdrawn investor-funds account, and BNZlater had to pay Access clients $NZ4.8m.BNZ, a subsidiary of National Australia ...