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ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Documents released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) show that chairman Greg Medcraft spent more than 80 days overseas on business trips last year. The documents reveal that the majority of these visits include meetings ...

GPT Group bows out of CPA bidding war

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). GPT Group, which owns 11.72% of CPA, said in an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that it would not be increasing its offer for the $3.9 billion commercial office property fund following ...

Capital adds portfolio manager to ETOP strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... accounts. "ETOP views emerging markets as a single asset class. By investing across the spectrum of equity and fixed income securities, the portfolio gains exposure to a broader set of investment themes and opportunities," Holstein said. "As portfolio ...

ASX managed funds services gets ASIC nod

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has cleared the most significant hurdle on the road to its 'mFund Settlement Service' - the third incarnation of AQUA II - after the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) gave it the go-ahead. ...

ETFs pass $10 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... exchange-traded products (ETPs) have passed the $10 billion mark for the first time. According to numbers from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), funds in ETPs were at less than half their current level just two years ago. The significant growth ...

BlackRock ends "unfair" analyst surveys

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... to express grave concerns about BlackRock's survey program and about similar practices industry-wide. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently conducted a review into domestic incidences of fund managers sending surveys to ...

BNP Paribas appoints local head of sales

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Ian Perkins as head of sales for Australia and New Zealand following the departure of Stephen Tremelling who spent 10 years with the firm. BNP Paribas said Tremelling's decision to pursue a change in career ...

Gloomy outlook forces Crowe Horwath to trim business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... cloud accounting and a comprehensive SMSF administration service," the company said in a statement in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Financial advisers of Crowe Horwath's Melbourne-based firm will acquire a 50% interest in the financial planning ...

ASIC bans credit and mortgage brokers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned three mortgage brokers and convicted one after it found that they had provided false information to clients. Two Sydney-based mortgage brokers were permanently banned for providing ...

Managed accounts specialist appoints CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013