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High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... literacy resource. Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, last week announced a new financial literacy program designed to help young Australians ...

Toowoomba planner banned

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Desmond Blinco of Toowomba has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from providing financial services for 15 months after evidence emerged that he is an undischarged bankrupt. ASIC banned Blinco because of his undischarged ...

Trader caught shorting despite ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Group Ltd, QR Sciences Holdings Ltd and Mindax Ltd. The regulator was alerted to the transactions by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Spagnolo faces a maximum penalty for each offence of six months imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,750. ASIC ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The hedge fund industry has condemned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision to extend the ban on short selling on non-financial stocks, declaring it will have "severe and immutable long-term effects". ASIC extended the ...

CBA in talks to buy BankWest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
The Commonwealth Bank is negotiating with HBOS plc to purchase BankWest. In a statement from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Commonwealth Bank said both parties are yet to reach an agreement. This news follows UK bank, Lloyds TSB, buying HBOS ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
Stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange could be in for a shellacking today, led down by the financial and resources sectors, after the US House of Representatives rejected a $US700 billion rescue package this morning. At 0809 AEST, the ...

ASIC suspends WA AFSL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) suspended the licence of West Australian based Concentric Wealth Management after it found it couldn't manage it's own debt. In August Mervyn Kitay was appointed receiver manager of Cottesloe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... points at 4,939. In news today, retailer David Jones delivers its full year results. Air New Zealand and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) hold annual general meetings. Empire Oil & Gas NL holds a general meeting. Mercer will host a briefing on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... cent, to $106.79 and Fortescue put on $1.52, 26.67 per cent to $7.22. Trading was delayed today while the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) sought a clarification from the corporate regulator about its decision to ban short selling of shares in the ...

Fund manager sentenced

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
Sydney based Gregory Nathan has been sentenced to seven years in prison following an Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation that found he had acted dishonestly and gambled investors money. ASIC found Nathan operated an unregistered ...