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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... futures contract was down 37 points at 5,435 points, with 9,222 contracts traded. * National turnover was 251.2 million securities worth $399.4 million. AAP tsc/cdh Headline: FED:Aust share market opens lower

GSAM global bond fund receives Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... is designed to provide income and total return through exposure to a broadly diversified portfolio of fixed income securities. It has the flexibility to invest across all fixed income sectors globally. "Owning a standard kind of fixed income portfolio ...

Financial Adviser convicted of 'tombstoning': ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has convicted Pavan Vyas for dishonest conduct after pleading guilty to 'tombstoning'. In August 2013, Vyas pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonest conduct after 'tombstoning', which involves ...

ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Planned changes to the regulation of managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) will not go ahead, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. In a consultation paper released in March last year, ASIC put forward a lengthy ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... of Statistics (ABS) releases business indicators for the December quarter. The ANZ job advertisements series, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge and the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, all for February ...

Advice numbers and client claims hit PIS results

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... group also gave more information about the ongoing monitoring program that started in July 2013 after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expressed concern over PIS' compliance processes. PIS said that the program is "in good ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... of Statistics (ABS) releases business indicators for the December quarter. The ANZ job advertisements series, the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge and the Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, all for February ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Brogden said that the two financial regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), have too often strayed into the arena of writing regulations. While he said the FSC ...

AIA pays advisers to move to hybrid commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
AIA Australia will pay advisers who move to a hybrid commission model, despite the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) concerns on inappropriate insurance switching. The insurer said that a hybrid structure could increase the value ...

FoFA changes could start before May: Sinodinos

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... Advice (FoFA) proposed amendments could come into effect "earlier than May." The senator was asked during the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) appearance to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics whether the government would ...