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Directors face prison term for lack of disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... directors of Corp and Smith, formerly known as Hallmark Gold and Welcome Stranger Mining Company, following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Under the Corporations Act, both directors were found to have controlled ...

Liquidnet rollout gains ASIC approval

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Liquidnet Australia has received Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) approval to roll out phase one of its new software that will allow institutions to trade large blocks of equities directly and anonymously with each other. The software ...

ASIC calls for tighter employment checks

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Standards Australia have launched a new handbook to give employers a reference-checking framework for financial advisers. ASIC developed the handbook, Reference Checking in the Financial ...

ASIC appoints new commissioner

Outgoing Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Jeffrey Lucy takes up a post at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques steps into his shoes. Lucy has taken up the role of part-time ...

International ETFs debut on ASX

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... to provide investors access to international shares and indices at a fraction of their current costs. The Australian Securities Exchange and BGI have launched the first tranche of exchange traded funds (ETFs), called iShares, this week. Starting with ...

Bannned AFS planner to appeal

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
AFS has expressed disappointment over the Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to ban one of its advisers, Michael Parker, and said it will support his appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. ASIC banned Parker after it found ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... launch their 2007 Australian Mortgage Industry Report. In Sydney Global Nickel Investments Ltd debuts on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The Australian share market closed lower on Monday in a relatively uneventful session ahead of the US Federal ...

Property developer gets two years jail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has successfully prosecuted a Mount Eliza property developer for duping 49 investors in a property development out of $14 million. Melbourne Country Court sentenced former property developer ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... cent interest was commensurate with the risk they were taking?" While the IAA was reluctant to call for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to "pre-vet" prospectuses, Martin said, "In some form or another perhaps it's necessar ...

GoldLink loses luster

Fund manager GoldLink is the latest victim of the volatile sharemarket and has announced on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it will wind down its investment portfolios and return money to investors. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's Fund ...