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ASIC bans adviser and charges former director

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
ASIC bans a former adviser for market manipulation while a former company director has been charged with dishonest conduct. Former client adviser, Lim Theam Chye of Melbourne, is banned from providing financial services for five years after ASIC concluded ...

Net tightens around share trading: ASIC

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The financial services watchdog, which yesterday released a consultation package on a new regulatory framework for the shares market, said it is "well-prepared" to start regulating multi-market activity, while boosting competition in equity exchange ...

Goodman makes play for $1.2 billion ING REIT

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Goodman Group, along with "three major pension and sovereign wealth funds", has made a move for the ING Industrial Fund, it was revealed this morning. In a statement to the ASX, ING said it had received a "highly conditional" proposal from the consortium ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, led by the financial and energy sectors, as a wave of by-orders pushed stocks up from a flat open. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 46.1 points, or 0.99 per cent, at 4,694.3, while ...

Australia well behind in carbon pricing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
While Australian board responsibility may be high, standards fall behind global competitors in terms of carbon pricing and reduction targets. ASX100 companies executive responsibility for climate change reaches 94 per cent, ranking Australia third in ...

Advice 'opt in' reforms to dictate platform choice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
A yet-to-be-published report obtained by Financial Standard reveals that two in five planners will consider switching to a platform that can help them better administer the government's proposed 'opt in' reforms. Researcher Investment Trends will release ...

Key planners crucial when planning firms sell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
There are many ways to measure how much a financial planning practice or dealer group is worth when it is up for sale or eyeing a public float - high on this list is whether the key advisers are going to stay or not, industry experts say. Ian Jedlin ...

Annual renewals protect investors: ISN

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
Annual renewals will be a key element of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, and failure to implement these arrangements will see the reforms 'seriously compromised', according to the Industry Super Network. ISN this month released a briefing paper ...

Treasury rebuffs MySuper critics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
A major speech given by senior Treasury officials shows how critics of MySuper are missing the point that there is a fundamental shift taking place in how policymakers believe the industry should factor in behavioral economics. David Gruen, who was ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
The superannuation preservation age should be aligned with pension age and more means testing of benefits will be needed to contain superannuation costs, the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD) has told the incoming government. ...