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ASIC clears up online disclosure rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
ASIC has made a bid to clear the uncertainty of what is legal - and what's not - when planners and financial service providers deliver online disclosure to clients. Financial services providers that send disclosures such as statements of advice to clients ...

Banc of America Securities charged with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
US corporate watchdog SEC has charged Banc of America Securities with fraud for its part in an effort to rig bids relating to the investments of municipal securities. The bank has agreed to pay more than $36 million in disgorgement and interest to settle ...

BTIM targets planners and boutiques

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... said at the firm's annual general meeting yesterday that the firm will channel its efforts into engaging with advisers, in a bid to diversify its business and growth. "We plan on increasing our brand presence and our marketing and distribution efforts ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... activity among investment managers is rising. For example, private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co made a takeover bid for Perpetual two months ago, and last month Suncorp Life sold Tyndall Investments for around $128.5 million. Berkshire Capital ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... Chatterton, said the market was patchy, with the energy, oil and healthcare stocks finding interest among investors. Rio Tinto's bid for coal producer Riversdale Mining Ltd drove the latter's share price up $1.70 or 12.06 per cent to $15.80. Rio added ...

Temasek boosts Singapore SMEs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... government, as co-investor, will rely principally on the private sector's fund managers to assess the investment opportunities, in a bid to avoid "eroding commercial discipline in investment decisions". As a result, the government is inviting private ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... climbed 4.5 basis points to 542.9, all record highs, according to CMA, a data provider." Danger in China, Will Robinson. In its bid to choke off inflation, Beijing might be strangling its economy to death. The Wall Street Journal reported that, "In a ...

Port of Brisbane in the hands of super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... a key player in the asset class earlier this year. The purchase followed a successful Industry Funds Management consortium bid for the asset, said Peter Curtis, senior manager of investments at AustralianSuper. He said the fund poured an extra $200 million ...

M&A activity to decline: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
An Ernst & Young report concludes that many global and Australian financial services firms prefer organic growth, with cautious attitudes held towards major acquisitions. The third Ernst & Young capital confidence barometer found that while capital ...

APRA cautions against cloud computing

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... the board and senior management are not fully informed and engaged." In most cases, institutions apply cloud computing in a bid to cut administration costs, something APRA said it supports as long as the risks are balanced.