Saliba, the former financial services director at Melbourne-based firm Lincoln Indicators, contacted the plaintiffs' legal team yesterday to tell of a meeting in late 2004 or early 2005 at which representatives from Opes Prime (directors Laurie Emini and Julian Smith), ANZ Bank (a man named Nick Harding), and Etrade (Malcolm Shippen and Russell Krause) met with Saliba and Lincoln Indicators managing director Tim Lincoln to discuss the possibility of a Lincoln Indicators share fund becoming involved in stock lending.
