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NESS gets APRA licence

The superannuation fund for employees in the electrical and associated industries in NSW and the ACT, NESS, has obtained its Australian and Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) licence. The completion of the process makes NESS the first non-public ...

CSS fraudsters appear in court

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2005
Four men accused of conspiring to launder $150 million defrauded from a super fund for federal public servants have been granted bail in a Sydney court. It is alleged the funds were illegally transferred from the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme on ...

Pacific Equity Partners to purchase ASX Perpetual Registrars

Australia's second largest share register, ASX Perpetual Registrars, is to be sold to Australasian private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) for a purchase price of $132 million. Perpetual Trustees Australia and the Australian Stock Exchange ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2005
The Australian share market is tipped to push to fresh record highs again today as some of the bigger companies unveil earnings and a positive sentiment lingers from the US. However, weaker oil prices and a sharp decline in base metals could weigh on ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2005
The Australian share market is tipped to open firmer again, pushing to fresh record highs as resource stocks benefit from record oil prices and continued positive sentiment about the sector. Also, earnings season has shifted into top gear with multiple ...

IWL set to finalise JDV acquisition

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2005
Financial group IWL Ltd is set to win its long running bid for online broker JDV Ltd after the last remaining key shareholder agreed to sell its stake on Friday. The Royal Bank of Canada accepted IWL's cash offer for its 28.66 per cent stake in the ...

High yield investment scheme operator facing charges

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has brought seven charges against Shane Hoy, the operator of a high yield investment scheme, in the Brisbane Magistrates Court. The regulator alleges Hoy raised $270,000 through the scheme ...

Aviva and Wide Bay join forces to buy Financial Technology

Aviva Australia and Wide Bay Australia have teamed up to each acquire a 25 per cent stake in Financial Technology Securities giving both companies a collective shareholding in Financial Technology of 50.01 per cent. Financial Technology is a financial ...

Watson Wyatt picks up consultant gig for LUCRF

Industry superannuation fund Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has named Watson Wyatt as its investment consultant as of August 1st this year. The announcement follows on from news that Watson Wyatt was chosen as consultant by the Federal ...

New country head for JP Morgan's global securities business

JP Morgan has appointed Tony Winwood as business and operations head for JP Morgan's newly formed Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) business in Australia and New Zealand. The newly created business was formed following the recent integration of the ...