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AXA IM to expand responsible investment focus

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... announced that its six existing RI funds had been approved by Deloitte after engaging the funds in an in-depth external audit. Craig Hurt, Sydney-based Director of AXA Investment Managers in Australia & New Zealand, said a globally recognsied set of ...

ASIC cancels South Australian financial services licence

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
ASIC has cancelled the financial service license of Adelaide based firm Mark Power Financial Ltd, along with the license of its responsible manager Mark Raymund Power. The move follows concerns Mark Power Financial (MPF) didn't comply with ASIC's obligations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite world stock markets coming under pressure as the eurozone debt crisis continues to push most European government borrowing costs dangerously higher. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

ASIC seeks interim orders against Equititrust

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
ASIC has sought interim orders against Equititrust Limited for two of its managed investment schemes from the Supreme Court of Queensland while the regulator considers its actions after a suspected breach in licence. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Australian Custodial Services Association appoints new chair

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
The managing director of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia & New Zealand has been appointed the new chair of the Australian Custodial Services Association. Pierre Jond takes over from incumbent Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) ...

SMSF cloud solution launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
A new cloud based, self-managed super fund business solution designed specifically for financial service providers has been launched. Superfund Wholesale is an automated setup and administration service for self managed super funds (SMSFs) designed ...

AAT grants stay for AFSL cancellation decision

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has granted a stay on ASIC's ban of Romad Financial Services licence, although not without a number of conditions. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) said yesterday it would grant a stay for Melbourne-based ...

ASIC suspends Far East AFSL

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
An independent Sydney-based private investment bank has had its Australian financial services license suspended for failing to lodge financial statements. Far East Capital Limited specialises in the resources sector in the junior end of the market and ...

Former Sonray chief gets jail time following ASIC charges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The former head of Sonray Capital Markets has been jailed for five years on 10 charges, which include false accounting involving fake deposits worth over $35 million. Scott Kenneth Murray, 33, of Werribee, Victoria will serve a minimum of two and a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... on Monday for improved debt rollover terms from its private creditors at the end of talks with the EU and the IMF on an audit to unlock fresh loans, a plea sure to send further tremors to troubled banks. Sarkozy said there would be "lasting, global and ...