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First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The first submissions to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) performance have been made public. The Senate Committee has received at least four submissions and has made two of them ...

Yellow Brick Road amends staff authorisations after ASIC concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... directly authorised more than 100 people working in its branches as credit representatives. However, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission said that the national credit licensing framework also required YBR to authorise the companies which ...

ASIC highlights higher enforcement rate ahead of Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made a total of 371 enforcement actions between January and June 2013, according to an enforcement report released ahead of the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance. In line with its efforts ...

Acorn appoints Asia Small Cap portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... Asia-Pacific, where he was head of regional small mid cap research for the last six years. Prior to that, he was with Macquarie Securities in Hong Kong as deputy head of small cap research. He has also worked for UBS Securities in Sydney as an analyst. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower, with activity driven by company earnings statements. Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho said the local market on Thursday was preparing for reporting season to get fully underway. It was a ...

Credit Suisse to launch small-cap business with First NZ Capital

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... Zealand (Infinz) last year. Current Credit Suisse head of domestic equities research sales will head the new business's securities team. The new venture is subject to regulatory and other approvals.

EQT urges The Trust Company to avoid "fruitless" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... undertake further enquiry of Equity Trustees." In a letter addressed The Trust Company board made public in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), EQT asked The Trust Company to provide comfort that it "considers that there is a reasonable prospect ...

SFG to look at WHK acquisition after reporting season

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... potential opportunities in the rapidly changing financial services sector," SFGA said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). SFGA said that the advisers will help "assisting on any acquisition proposals the company may receive," ...

Qantas Super chief joins ASFA board

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) board. Her previous positions include chief executive of J.P. Morgan Treasury and Securities Services Australia and New Zealand, and chief operations officer at AXA. "With over 20 years' experience in senior management ...

Scam artists impersonate ASIC and MoneySmart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Consumers are being warned to be wary of scam artists impersonating representatives of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and MoneySmart. ASIC said the confidence tricksters are calling up from offshore telling unsuspecting ...