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Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research houses have welcomed a review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury into the role they, along with credit rating agencies (CRAs), played in the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. ...

Financial Ombudsman Service launched

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given the thumbs up to the establishment of a new Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FOS will represent the merger of the three biggest complaints schemes operating in the financial ...

PIS to list best practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... intends to purchase 20 to 25 per cent of each practice that qualifies and then list the business on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) once it reaches a critical mass. The firm is searching for someone manage the business entity which is expected ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... Financial Literacy Foundation. The functions of the Foundation are more appropriately carried out by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission which has responsibilities for consumer education in financial services," noted the Budget statements. ...

Westpac and St.George outline merger terms

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... consumer base is expected to rocket up to the 10 million mark. According to a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange, St.George shareholders will own just over 28 per cent of the combined entity, while three of the ex-building society's ...

$500k fraudster gets jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... Andrew Sellers was last Friday sentenced to four years jail with a two-year non-parole period following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. On 7 April 2008, Sellers, 32, pleaded guilty to 16 charges of dishonestly ...

St George and Westpac to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... see the birth of Australia's largest wealth platform provider. According to a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange, the new entity will control $108 billion in funds under administration - making it Australia's biggest platform provider ...

Centro rescue till Dec

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... Properties Group has been given until December 15 to refinance its debts. In a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday, Centro announced that its banks have agreed to an extension to its financing arrangements until 15 ...

ASIC divides to conquer

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will split its single enforcement directorate division into six and four of its 'silo' directorates into 17 stakeholder teams, in a bid to stay relevant with the fast evolving financial markets. ...

Foreign Exempt rules under review

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Standard & Poor's Index Services (S&P) has teamed up with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to seek market feedback on a proposal to make listed Foreign Exempt companies eligible for index inclusion. In a proposal outlined in the consultation ...