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ASIC drops charges against Westpoint directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... Investment Commission (ASIC) said it had disclosed the document as soon as it emerged it in accordance with its "procedural fairness obligations". "Following an assessment of the document in the context of the prosecution's case, the Commonwealth Director ...

MLC head to leave in NAB executive shake-up

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... to MLC and NAB, including almost nine years as CEO of MLC, and has led the way in championing greater transparency and fairness which has provided benefits for all customers across the wealth industry, not just our customers. I would like to thank Steve ...

High frequency trading benefits: UK government

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... believe that HFT has a negative impact on the market. Meantime, 90.3% believe that algorithmic trading is impacting the fairness and transparency of the market. However, research by the UK's Department for Business, Innovation & Skills could find no ...

ISN calls for fast trading moratorium

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... in other jurisdictions it has already been found to exacerbate market crashes and undermine investor confidence in the fairness of markets, said Zachary May, director of regulatory policy, ISN. "Super funds are custodians of retirement savings and hold ...

ASFA, FSC applaud passing of SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... tax rebate for low-income earners, which the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said will improve fairness in the system. "Today there are five working people to support each Australian aged 65; by 2050, this is projected to drop ...

Tax and Super bill doesn't go far enough: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... contributions tax. "The introduction of this Bill marks another important step the Government is taking to improve the fairness of the superannuation system, by making sure those individuals who make a genuine mistake get a second chance," said Financial ...

New super bill enters parliament

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... contributions tax. "The introduction of this Bill marks another important step the Government is taking to improve the fairness of the superannuation system, by making sure those individuals who make a genuine mistake get a second chance," said Shorten ...

PM: Labor taking reform road on super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... accessible for people as part of the FOFA reforms. "We'll get rid of the conflicts of interest and excessive fees, we'll bring fairness to financial advice. We'll give simple low fee super accounts to every worker who needs one," said Gillard. "We'll ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... made the call. Guess what? The MSCI World Index finished the year 12% higher with the S&P 500 closing 17.1% up. But in fairness to MS, markets were not left to their own devices - the Fed stepped in with more stimulus measures right about this time last ...

ASIC heats up insider trading investigations

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... supervision activity" since January. The regulator has now issued a report, expressing grave concerns over the state of fairness and compliance in the financial services markets. Since January, there were 23,494 trade surveillance alerts, with preliminary ...