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China no slow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
"You're nothing without me A no one who'd go undefined You wouldn't exist You'd never be missed." US President Obama might have as well be singing these lyrics from the "City of Angels Musical" when, according to the Australian Financial Review, he ...

ATO to review 10,000 SMSFs

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is auditing and reviewing over 10,000 self-managed super funds (SMSF) this financial year as it raises its compliance focus to protect retirement savings. The ATO's scrutiny on SMSF funds and trustees follows on ...

Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
It was another ho-hum day on Wall Street last night. Nothing much was expected, nothing much transpired. US stocks ended flat in light trading activity as the bond market and government offices closed in celebration of the day Christopher Columbus came ...

Asian M&A deals to surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... expansion into the region via M&A comes at the right price and with the right controls, shareholders and boards will not sanction the deals - it's all about growth at the right price now," noted Yap. Reinforcing this, the report highlighted China's move ...

Drunk futures broker banned

FSA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... excuse his market abuse," said Alexander Justham, director of markets at the FSA. "This reinforces the fact that a severe sanction will apply in cases of market manipulation, even where no profit is made."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Wall Street securities have provided a positive lead to the Australian stock market on Friday, although key commodities all were lower in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEST, the June share price index contract was 27 points ...

SocGen exec quits after insider trading probe

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale's long-standing executive committee member Jean-Pierre Mustier has resigned following a French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) probe into insider trading. Mustier, who had been at the firm for 22 years, agreed he would ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... cannot understand why trustees are able to now provide advice without a reasonable basis, and therefore escape criminal sanction, simply because the advice relates to a few scenarios within a superannuation fund," she said. Some super funds might even ...

A lose-lose proposition

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... China. Its leaders are no fools -- they know that China currently holds all the aces. China received no or very little sanction with its 'Buy China' protectionist policy announced last month as part of its stimulus programme. Must be because the US has ...

AUI and DirectPortfolio adopt AML service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) and DirectPortfolio adopted OneVue's anti-money laundering (AML) reporting and record keeping service. AML Explorer can be downloaded online and presents the AML legislation in a simple format that allows users to ...