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SMSF trustee faces criminal charges

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... failing to maintain the fund in accordance with the sole purpose test. Kassongo, 51, was charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with dishonestly failing to ensure the Kassongo Superannuation Fund (KSF) was maintained in accordance ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The federal government welcomed the new edition of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) indigenous superannuation booklet, Super and Us Mob. Created in 2006, the free booklet uses real life work examples of indigenous people to ...

Unlicensed adviser charged

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... of providing financial services without a licence and placed on a two year good behaviour bond after an Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) investigation. Tivay was convicted in the Sydney District Court following an ASIC inquiry that ...

ASIC bans unlicensed Westpoint adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned Gold Coast based, Russell Sheppard from providing financial services for eight years after the regulator found he provided unlicensed advice on Westpoint products. The regulator found ...

Industry backs ASIC 'super snapshot'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
Super fund industry bodies welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) consultation paper, declaring it will boost super fund member engagement and improve retirement savings. The consultation paper 101 Superannuation forecasts ...

Count buys $6m stake in Mortgage Choice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... 4.9 per cent interest in the mortgage broker under the advice of Lehman Brothers, noted a statement on the Australian Securities Exchange today. "Mortgage broking has been affected in the current market and so we thought it was a good opportunity to ...

CBA swoops on ABN AMRO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... was talking with the European bank but the proposal was incomplete and required further negotiation. In an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) statement, Commonwealth Bank said ABN AMRO's Australian and New Zealand business would be "complementary to ...

We need a fairness test: ASIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... resulted in excessive compliance rules that don't always work, said Jeremy Cooper, deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Speaking at a joint Institute of Actuaries of Australia and Financial Services Institute ...

OFG banks on bonds and property

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... its Friendly Society and Property Funds Management businesses to steer the firm to calmer waters. In an Australian Securities Exchange statement released earlier this month, OFG said it expects to make a loss between $3.56 million and $3.76 million in ...

NAB in talks to buy ABN AMRO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... investment banking and wholesale banking businesses in Australia and New Zealand. A NAB statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange said, although the transaction is not certain, any potential deal would require a due diligence process and ...