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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... In companies news, pay TV operator FOXTEL is free to take over regional rival Austar after receiving the competition watchdog's approval. Austar shares were one of the few bright sparks, gaining 3.75 per cent to $1.51. Meanwhile, the big four banks were ...

ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... said to have raised millions last year, which cannot be accounted for. In other news from ASIC yesterday, the corporate watchdog accepted an enforceable undertaking from Adelaide adviser Barry David Hassell to permanently cease providing financial services. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... business was taking longer than expected. Packaging firm Amcor was seven cents richer at $7.25 after the competition watchdog approved Amcor's $238 million acquisition of Aperio Group. In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was down 10 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... won ($A2.53 billion) contract to build an offshore gas processing facility in Australia. BRUSSELS - The EU's antitrust watchdog has approved Google's $US12.5 billion ($A11.7 billion) takeover of mobile phone maker Motorola. NEW YORK - Apple says an independent ...

Planner banned as watchdog continues industry clean-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... not authorised. ASIC said it was alerted to Hing's conduct by Novus Capital Limited and that the banning reinforced the watchdog's focus on maintaining public confidence in the financial services industry. Hing has the right to apply to the Administrative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday Sept 12: MTS - METCASH LTD - down three cents at $4.19 The competition watchdog says it will closely monitor any attempt by Coles or Woolworths to buy Franklins stores and block any sales that lessen competition. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... of its structural separation, required as part of the rollout of the national broadband network, with the competition watchdog for approval. Its shares were up one cent at $3.00. National turnover was 922.5 million shares, worth $1.64 billion, with 663 ...

ASIC jobs cut as responsibilities rise

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... part of 87 redundancies with a further 68 to go this financial year as part of a $10 million budget cut to the corporate watchdog, dependant on a funding review. ASIC's budget has fallen to $350 million for the 2011-12 financial year, subject to a funding ...

ASIC warns it will act on rogue ETF pricing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... exchange-traded fund prices interfere with market integrity by being too removed from the underlying index. The trading watchdog flagged more than 23,000 general trading alerts during real-time surveillance of Australian Stock Exchange in the first six ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... "Part of the slump was due to automatic stop-loss trades, an official for the regulator said by telephone today. The watchdog hasn't ruled out market manipulation." That may be. But automatic stop-loss trades would only be triggered if stocks fell by ...