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EU asks WTO to intervene in Australian quarantine dispute

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
... rule on its simmering trade dispute with Australia on quarantine measures restricting imports of food products. The first request for a disputes settlement panel was deferred for about a month under WTO rules after Australia opposed the EU's demand. ...

UFM widens wholesale portfolio with two new funds

United Funds Management Ltd (UFM), part of the SMF group, has established two new wholesale funds: the United High Yield Fund (UHYF) and the United Cash Management Fund (UCMF). "We aim to satisfy the change in investor sentiment towards more income ...

NYSE chairman resigns amid pay package turmoil

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso resigned today amid rising fury over his $US139.5 million ($A210.25 million) pay package. Mr Grasso entered an emergency meeting of the NYSE board and said he was prepared to offer his resignation if the ...

Perpetual launches multi-manager retail platform

Perpetual Investments has unveiled a new multi-manager retail platform that offers financial advisers and their clients over 50 single manager and multi-manager funds across six different investment categories. Perpetual WealthFocus offers three different ...

Senate Super Committee calls for rewrite of government portability regulations

Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, has said that the Senate Super Committee has unanimously requested the Government rewrite its so-called portability regulations. "The portability regulations claim to allow ...

ASIC gives clean bill to ASX, commends its high integrity

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today released the results of its first assessment of the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) market supervisions role. "The report follows a comprehensive review of the ASX's arrangements ...

Trans-Tasman tax changes implemented under CER agreement

... asked the Productivity Commission to advise on any problems with rules of origin arrangements operating under the CER. The request, from Senator Ian Campbell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, arises from concerns of both Australian and New Zealand ...

ACCC welcomes issue of Insurance Report

... report is the first in a series of four reports to be produced during the next two years. It follows a Federal Government request that the ACCC monitor costs and premiums in public liability and professional indemnity insurance to assess the impact on ...

Costello requests State support for ACCC appointment

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has written to the states seeking support to install Australian Consumers Association chief Louise Sylvan as deputy head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Mr Costello also formally announced ...

AAT requests ASIC reinstate securities dealers' licences

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld an appeal by Chapel Road Pty Ltd and required that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) reinstate its securities dealers' licences. The AAT has ordered the reinstatement of ...