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Aust advisers to get dual Aust-NZ recognition

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... services industries by increasing competition and lowering transaction costs," said Greg Medcraft, chairman of ASIC. "We hope many financial advisers here and in New Zealand take advantage of this new arrangement." The mutual recognition of advisers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened flat as investors look for signs of a solution in Europe on the last trading day of the financial year. At 1015 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,038.3, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower. At 0635 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4,013. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is set to release May's financial ...

Mariner launches Austock takeover bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Listed investment firm Mariner Corporation has made a takeover bid on Austock Group at a slim 5% premium. Mariner yesterday informed the market that it intends to make an offer to Austock shareholders to acquire all issued shares. Mariner expects to ...

Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... time overnight from New York to Rio and old London town - and of course, the Eurozone - for unlike previous episodes when hope reigns heading into one of those euro summits, many, if not most, appear to have given up on the idea that something concrete ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... somehow, why does it feel like it's gonna be the same as last week... and the week before? That is, financial markets trade on hope then find these hopes dashed. Two weeks ago, Spain set the mood with news that it could have as much as a,-100 billion ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Industry bodies have broadly welcomed yesterday's passage of the FOFA legislation through the Senate, with the focus on codes of conduct effectively setting up the industry for self-regulation amid the push towards professionalism and better consumer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a marginally mixed performance on Wall Street following the Federal Reserve's less-than-hoped-for stimulus announcement. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract ...

Provident Capital reaffirms solvency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... that we reinstate interest payments to debenture holders from the 27th," O'Sullivan told Financial Standard, "although we hope the outcome as far as redemptions is that the maturity date for all debenture holders is deferred for 365 days." "To some respect ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street enjoyed a solid session on speculation the Federal Reserve will act to stimulate the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 26 points ...