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PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has expressed strong concern over lack of follow-up from regulators and criminal authorities in the wake of the Trio Capital collapse. In the report on the largest superannuation ...

Compensation report finds against last resort scheme

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... Services report, authored by Richard St. John, was commissioned in response to the 2009 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services report and released yesterday. The report found that retail clients are generally able to recover ...

ASIC warns industry about misusing term independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... financial planners making statements about the independence of the licensee or the services they provide in breach of the Corporations Act. AFS licensees are prohibited from using the terms, 'independent', 'unbiased' or 'impartial' if they receive commission ...

ASIC obtains order banning derivatives trading director

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... ensure the financial services it provided were provided efficiently, honestly and fairly in contravention of the Corporations Act. The court also found that that King had aided and abetted, and was knowingly concerned in the contraventions by Camelot. ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... higher after solid German business confidence data and stronger profits from Microsoft, McDonald's and other major US corporations helped the Dow Jones finish about 0.5 per cent higher. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract ...

HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... other major European banks and corporate will follow today's lead, and that we will see Chinese institutions and corporations issuing renminbi bonds in the London market in the very near future," Osborne said. Although European banks have previously ...

Sustainability more than greenwash: Mercer

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... endowment and foundations common. "We are starting to see more action from corporate plans, especially where the corporations themselves have made the move to embed sustainability in the business model. "Looking at how to benefit from the commitment ...

SFG restructures board for best practice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... executive management team as head of finHQ. Pitcher's career spans 30 years working for global financial services corporations focusing on investments, change management and technology, and included roles with banking, financial advice and investment ...

ASIC appoints new commissioner

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, said the appointment followed consultations with the Ministerial Council for Corporations. ASIC now has five commissioners, including chair Greg Medcraft. It has been responsible for consumer protection in super ...

FOFA opt-in amendment in full

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... clarify the FOFA amendment relating to opt-in. The amendment, as seen by Financial Standard this afternoon, states: Corporations Amendment (Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2011 Schedule 1, item 10, page 8 (after line 19), at the end of Subdivision A ...