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Father's Day facts: some interesting data produced by the ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said that in June 2003, an estimated 1,764,100 men were husbands and partners with children under 15 years in Australia. These men had the highest rate of labour force participation of 93 per cent (that ...

ASIC approves Deakin AFS licence

Deakin Financial Services Group Ltd managing director Murray Hills has announced that the group's AFS License application has been approved by ASIC and will be effective from 1 October 2003. From this date, Deakin will transition to the new FSR system. ...

ASIC gives clean bill to ASX, commends its high integrity

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today released the results of its first assessment of the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) market supervisions role. "The report follows a comprehensive review of the ASX's arrangements ...

NAB Wealth Management companies to pay $67 million in investor compensation

Three National Australia Bank (NAB) wealth management companies have finalised agreements with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in relation to investor compensation ...

ASIC issues draft SRI guidelines

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has today released draft guidelines for the inclusion of information relating to labour standards and environmental, social and ethical factors in the product disclosure statements (PDSs) of ...

Trans-Tasman tax changes implemented under CER agreement

Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, has committed the government to trans-Tasman triangular tax reform, exchanging formal letters with Jim Anderton, the New Zealand Minister for Economic Development. Triangular taxation ...

FirstMac prices $350 million MBS issue

Macquarie Bank Ltd has announced that the FirstMac Group has priced a $350 million mortgage backed securitisation issue under its FirstMac Bond Series Trust securitisation programme. Macquarie is the arranger and lead manager for the issue. The issue ...

ASIC issues urgent insurance warning to Cootamundra Insurance clients

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is urging those who arranged insurance policies through Cootamundra Insurance Consultants in Cootamundra, NSW or Insurance Made Easy in the Lennox Heads area of NSW to contact their insurance ...

Snowball shareholders support growth initiatives

Shareholders of Snowball Group Ltd have given overwhelming support to the group's growth direction, voting for five resolutions at the company's AGM, the group has announced. The success of the resolutions means that the group will now be able to simplify ...

Federal court approves schemes of arrangement for BankWest

The federal court has approved the schemes of arrangement by which HBOS plc takes over the shares it does not already own in Bank of Western Australia. Justice Robert French today approved schemes of arrangement for BankWest, which proposed by 57 per ...