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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... housing report "certainly helped this morning", said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities. LONDON - European equities have rebounded a day after tumbling on a sharp slowdown of business activity in the eurozone amid ...

Global re-regulation takes shine off investment banks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... capital requirements imposed by the European Central Bank (ECB), increased educational requirements imposed by the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) as well as new 'ring fencing', liquidity and transparency guidelines. A raft of consultant ...

Ridout made honorary Doctor of Business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... Officer of the Order of Australia. Ridout, who is also on the boards of the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Securities Exchange, Image Networks Holdings, Sims Metal Management, Australian Chamber Orchestra to Asialink, Advance Australia Advisory ...

Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... legislation. In July 2013, he also tabled the request to start a Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), following a number of media reports that revealed cases of bad advice within Commonwealth ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PFC) inquiry on adviser education and professional standards, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concern about the idea of self-regulation and said that professional bodies have ...

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... of these investments, which have already seen recent falls, even lower, according to fixed income specialists FIIG Securities. The ratings agency said it will downgrade the securities within weeks. Prices on the several of the largest hybrids on the ...

ASIC bans person who made false Facebook investment claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... had access to an exclusive deal involving the Facebook initial public offering. An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found that Ishan Seenar Sappideen of Bellevue Hill "misled investors, created false documents ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... housing report "certainly helped this morning", said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities. LONDON - European equities have rebounded a day after tumbling on a sharp slowdown of business activity in the eurozone amid ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... register of advisers. The proposed board would include representatives from industry participants such as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), a representative from each of the applicable advice ...

UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... by other investors." He added that the fund is aimed at investors who seek a well-diversified portfolio of small cap securities with an investment horizon of at least five years.