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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
The Australian share market was up almost two per cent at noon following a strong start to morning trade, after the US capped off its best week in five years on Friday and speculation mounted over the future of market leader Rio Tinto Ltd. At 1207 AEDT ...

Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

CG not a priority for mid-caps

Listed companies in the mid-cap sector run the risk of being ignored by corporate governance-conscious institutional investors after a new report found that only two out of 150 mid-cap companies have adopted 'best practice' CG standards. The 2007 BDO ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... increasing number of votes outside their domestic markets, another consequence of globalisation. Regulators are taking notice. In the US last year, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) fined three banks US$1.4 million for failing to process the voting ...

NZ planners regs improve fee transparency

New Zealand planners have received three-month notice to follow tighter rules on fee disclosure after a new government ruling was announced this week. NZ Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel said that investment advisers will now be required to provide ...

ASIC releases guide for unlisted debentures

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... to their existing clients by issuing either a replacement or supplementary prospectus or lodging a continuous disclosure notice with them. ASIC also released a draft debentures advertising regulatory paper for industry comment.

Knee jerk over little Beige Book

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Unlike your average little black book the US Federal Reserve board's Beige Book gets special attention from the markets and can wreak havoc, as was evident in the US overnight. One of eight economic surveys prepared each year for the Federal Open Market ...

Margin calls on tech watch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Margin loan investors have new resources to combat volatile markets with Macquarie Investment Lending revamping their online capabilities. Peter van der Westhuyzen, head of sales and marketing at Macquarie Investment Group said last week, with volatile ...

Bear claws and database gremlins

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... With nowhere to hedge their risks, investors were forced to sell physical shares. Traders were apparently given 45 minutes notice as the SFE announced a closure was needed "to address an urgent hardware rectification". It was reported that the backup ...

US investors receive $312m from Fair Fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... Fund. The Qwest Fair Fund is being administered by Gilardi & Co, one of the largest full service mass and class action notice and claims administrators in the US and signifies a much more aggressive attitude to investor compensation that exists in Au ...