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Shareholders have the power; ASIC

... statement issued today, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed only shareholders of a public company have the power to remove company directors. ASIC referred to The Corporations Act 2001 citing only the shareholders can ...

Private investors could be involved in Tattersal's float: report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004
Private investors could be invited to participate in the $2 billion stock market float of Victorian gambling company Tattersall\'s, it was reported today. The Australian newspaper said Tattersall\'s is planning to sell $300 million shares in November ...

Schroders sticks with long term investment strategy

... that the increasing prevalence of hedge funds had driven investment focus towards short term performance which had led to company focus being increasingly switched to deliver short term earnings gains over long term shareholder value. But the investment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to open firmer as a slight gain from the US market and an expected raft of company reports this week should combine to lift the local bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...

Master trusts bounce back; Selecting Super

... benefited from the strong investment markets during the past financial year. "Early on there was a lot of discussion among company sponsors that master trusts don't seem to handle the bad times very well. And the results seem to bare this out. The tougher ...

Pioneer appoints Weiser MD

... Mortgage Services have announced the appointment of Charles Weiser to the position of managing director overseeing the company's continued expansion in the Australasian lending market. Weiser joins Pioneer Mortgage Services from RAMS' Home Loans where ...

Telstra plans special dividend, share buyback

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
Australia\'s largest telecommunications company, Telstra Corp, has delivered a 20% rise in net profit for 2003/04 and unveiled plans for a special dividend in the first half of the current year. Telstra said it intends to pay a special dividend of six ...

Senate backs motion on James Hardie boycott

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
The Senate today backed a motion calling for a boycott of James Hardie products until the company\'s asbestos victim compensation liabilities were met. The Australian Greens motion also called for all political parties to put donations they had received ...

Investor Group acquires MGI Wamstekers for merger

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
... Financial services firm Investor Group said on Wednesday it had acquired Sydney-based accountancy firm MGI Wamstekers. The company said it intended to formalise the deal by the end of August, merging the firm with the group\'s established WHK Greenwoods ...

ASIC crackdown on misleading mortgage broker advertising

... Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its crackdown on the mortgage broking industry, issuing a warning on Tuesday to any company, which misleadingly claims to be independent. "Don't claim that you are independent or impartial if that's not true," ...