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Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Financial services regulator ASIC today said it banned a director for three years from providing financial services - but the director is appealing against the decision which she called "disgraceful". Tracey Burnell, of Doncaster East, Victoria, was ...

New index tracks second-tier emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
S&P Indices has launched a new index covering second-tier emerging markets Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. The CIVETS 60 index comprises of ten stocks from each country. Each company must have a market capitalisation of ...

CFS tilts at emerging market returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... accounts data from the last five years to narrow its selection down, without worrying too much about jurisdictional accounting rule differences. It will be rebalanced quarterly. He said a simple index mirror would drag down performance as it means investors ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... or the despair - of bin L's death has passed, it'll still be the underlying economic and business fundamentals that would rule the day. "He's a man. He's just a man... In very many ways, he's just one more."

Government applauds ASIC trading rules

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
The Government has given its approval to ASIC's new draft of market integrity rules for equity exchange markets, which includes greater scrutiny on dark pool trading. ASIC has produced a framework of rules in anticipation of new market traders being ...

Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... needs to be done on it. He recognised that not everyone will be happy about the reforms but that, ultimately, codifying the rule that planners act in the best interest of their clients will restore the industry's credibility, marred by the financial ...

Licensee tests offer planners protection

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Financial planners will have protection against fiduciary problems as licensees are to be subject to the same best interest tests, according to the Government's FOFA reforms. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that one of its recommendations ...

Gillard urges China investment relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has encouraged a strong investment relationship with China after speaking at a China-Australia business forum, with talk of tight economic integration between the two nations. As part of her address, Gillard said that China ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
A panel of top investment experts has put the bullish stamp on their outlook for US equities. Dave Marvin, chairman of Delaware-based investment management firm Marvin & Palmer Associates, said he is extremely bullish on US stocks as the severe recession ...

Extra year for tax related overhauls

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
The federal government has granted an extra year to both Managed Investment Trusts (MITs) and financial planners providing tax advice to come to terms with new legislation. Bill Shorten, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services and superannuation ...