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Market wrap - morning

AAP | FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006

... to 1,366.19. The Nasdaq Composite Index edged down 0.09 points to 2,332.45. LONDON - UK stocks ended flat as positive company results offset negative US and European economic data that put upward pressure on interest rates. The FTSE 100 edged down 0.3 ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN | THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006

... former Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (ZAIL) chief financial officer for his role in deliberately overstating the company's financial position. John Stanbridge was chief financial officer for ZAIL between November 1999 and November 2001. On 25 May ...

Not on our watch: ASIC

... compliance directorate to give greater emphasis to real-time regulation, added important new enforcement matters, acted against company insolvent trading and launched our Better Regulation initiatives." Among the year's highlights were the ASIC shadow ...

Perennial to re-think global fixed income strategy

... manager Western Asset Management (WAM) ending today. A lot of things can happen in five years. In WAM's case, the parent company Legg Mason Asset Management bought Citigroup's asset management businesses. "We were like WAM's Australian distribution arm ...

LGSS reaps $6m from SRI

... late compared to LGSS which implemented their SRI policy back in 2000. "We don't understand why you would invest in any company that wasn't making decisions about their business that acknowledges the risks of climate change and the requirements of the ...

Skandia buys Intech to form $13b platform and research co

... significant teams coming together." Meanwhile, Hasan Askari, Skandia's Asia-Pacific chairman and chief executive of parent company Old Mutual, used the opportunity to dismiss early research suggesting that Skandia will suffer the same fate of Credit ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP | MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006

... maybe a little less when the heat goes out of the Rinker and Rio stocks but I think it will be a green day." Materials company Rinker surged $3.80 to $18.50 by 1201 AEDT following a $16.8 billion takeover bid by Mexican cement maker Cemex. Locally, Rio ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP | MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006

... Today, Bendigo Bank, Transfield Services and Australian Pipeline Trust hold their annual general meetings and materials company Rinker Group is expected to respond to Mexican cement giant Cemex's $US12.8 billion ($A16.79 billion) takeover offer. The ...

Lo-doc broker to pay client compensation: ASIC

... Following the discovery, ASIC has asked for an order restraining Skeers from lodging other loan applications and that the company pay compensation to the borrower. Michelle Baltazar

Change at the top for Tribeca

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006

... acquisition and integration of 13 businesses over the last six years. William Macpherson, chief executive officer of parent company Kaplan International, who acquired Tribeca earlier this year for $55 million, paid tribute to Davis, the outgoing head ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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