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ASIC takes legal action against Mariner over Austock takeover

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has started legal action against listed funds management company Mariner Corporation (Mariner) over its proposed 2012 takeover bid for financial services company Austock Group (Austock). ASIC will seek financial ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) lawyer James Wheeldon has revealed the regulator gave favourable treatment to the big end of the market. Wheeldon appeared yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the performance ...

Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) said that major banks were behind the complaints to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in relation to the organisation's new 'Compare the Pair' television commercials. ISA deputy chief executive ...

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider complaints about the new Industry Super Association (ISA) 'Compare the Pair' campaign, over concerns that they are "misleading." Commissioner Greg Tanzer confirmed that the regulator ...

OneVue reshuffles board ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... interest, the company said in a release. He is set to oversee the amalgamation of NSW State Super, the NSW Treasury Corporation and the Safety, Return to Work and Support Division. He felt that it was "no longer appropriate that he serve on the OneVue ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... shed 23 cents to $34.05, ANZ had dropped 12 cents to $32.43 and Commonwealth Bank was 24 cents weaker at $76.15. News Corporation shares were down 37 cents at $17.92. It has appointed Lachlan Murdoch as it non-executive chairman. Shares in Network Ten ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... $35.71, Rio Tinto was up 12 cents at $61.62 and Fortescue Metals had gained 2.5 cents to $5.115. Coal miner New Hope Corporation sagged five cents to $3.14 after reporting a 67 per cent slump in half year profit. Among the better performers, retailer ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. Cormann spoke to a number of media outlets and said that he wanted to consult key stakeholders including the ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... in Europe and Asia Pacific David Morgan AO. Dr Morgan was previously a chief executive officer of Westpac Banking Corporation and a deputy secretary of the Australian Treasury, and has worked for the International Monetary Fund. He was made an Officer ...

Senate Economics Committee to hold inquiry on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The bill amending the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will need to go through a Senate Economics Committee inquiry before it is tabled in the Senate. The Senate Standing Committee for Selection of Bills decided to refer the Corporations ...