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ASIC cancels Capital Advisers' licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Capital Advisers. The regulator also cancelled Capital Advisers' Australian credit licence following concerns that the group ...

Australian operations boost GBST

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... half-year to 31 December 2013 rise 87% on the same period the year before. According to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), after-tax profits for the period stood at $4.4 million, up from $2.4 million the previous year. The company ...

Industry funds oppose bachelor degree for general advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Super Association (ISA) expressed these ideas in a joint submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) consultation on training of financial product advisers (CP212). The organisations representing ...

Macquarie says market conditions improving

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... previous quarter. But capital markets-facing businesses - fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC); Macquaries Securities; and Macquarie Capital - had experienced mixed trading conditions. Their combined contribution towards third quarter net ...

ASIC extends short PDS relief

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended interim class order relief from the shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds. A class order has extended the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... index futures contract was 25 points higher at 5,107, with 10,604 contracts traded. * National turnover was 305 million securities worth $775 million.

ASX managed fund service gets go-ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Centre (AUSTRAC) gave the new service the go ahead last week. It has already received approval from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The service will allow registered simple managed investment schemes to sell units via the ...

Charterhill assets frozen

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... Adelaide froze all assets owned by the founders of the Charterhill group, following an application from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Charterhill group specialises in assisting clients to invest in property through ...

Medcraft always going to testify at inquiry: ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft will appear before the Senate inquiry into ASIC, despite media reports to the contrary, according to an ASIC statement. Medcraft publically announced his commitment to the ...

ASIC sets its sights on hybrid securities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a new hybrid securities education guide aimed at retail investors. Published on the regulator's MoneySmart website, the guide is intended to help investors understand the risks ...