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Stringent orders for winding up of Sovereign fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Supreme court of Queensland has denied an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) application for an independent liquidator to be appointed to wind up the Sovereign Prudential Fund. Sovereign Capital, the responsible entity of the ...

Allco hunts niche finance acquisitions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... market and that Allco was moving to take advantage of that opportunity Allco has lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and expects to issue it to the market on Friday. The prospectus will offer $50 million of shares ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
... with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) this month signalling its plans to consult with CHOICE, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) and its FPA members to better ...

Courts continue to unwind Westpoint mess

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... 14 companies associated with Norman Carey and the Westpoint group. Ruling on an application made by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Federal Court ordered the winding up of Forestview Nominees, appointing chartered accountants ...

Patersons' poor compliance under review

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has called on specialist stockbroker Patersons Securities to review its monitoring and supervision of staff after it found that two Patersons employees may have risked client funds through ...

ASIC should adopt dollar-base performance metrics: ISN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to cut through incessant debates about how we measure super fund performance by adopting a 'net benefit to member' (NMTM) model focusing on the ...

Whose side are you on, asks ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeff Lucy, said planners must always act in the best interest of their clients if they want the general public to view the industry as a legitimate profession. In his keynote address ...

AMP Capital Investors opens door to China securities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... director, investments Asia, AMP Capital Investors. The product disclosure statement was lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday and AMP Capital Investors hopes to have the fund listed on the Australian Stock Exchange ...

Super fund fees are dropping: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A research report just released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirms that super fund fees, especially contribution fees, are dropping. The report, Monitoring Superannuation Fees and Costs October 2005 to June 2006 ...

ASIC shadow shop draws zero consumer complaints

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... supposedly demonstrated how advice was deeply flawed, particularly as it relates to super choice switching, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wrote to survey participants it felt were negatively impacted inviting them to lodge ...