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TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... have to become registered tax agents and register with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Financial advice firms are currently exempted from the taxation agent services regime ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... finance firm Lincoln Crowne & Company (LCC) has pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. The charge against Jonathan Jin Yi Ang, 25, of St Leonards, NSW, relates to ...

ACR files claim against The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Company considers this claim made against it to be without basis," the company said in an announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange. "The Trust Company will continue to act in the best interests of debenture holders of ACR and will continue ...

Two Storm victims to receive $1.1m in compensation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... made by former Storm investors Barry and Deanna Doyle. The figure was calculated by independent experts and Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) under the compensation model the regulator developed in connection with the Storm Financial ...

ASIC appeals Macquarie's Storm settlement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appealed against the Federal Court's decision to approve a settlement between the former clients of Storm Financial and Macquarie Bank. The settlement follows a class action brought against ...

Retirees could benefit from a vibrant annuities market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... "There is a problem with the ability of financial advisers to communicate risk. Currently funds cannot, under Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regulations, communicate to members the pension they will be getting. They have to communicate ...

Bendigo Wealth launches new low-risk income fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... It is free to invest in a wide range of assets including term-deposits, bonds, floating rate notes and asset-backed securities. Coinciding with Bendigo Wealth's second anniversary, the new product follows the launches of Bendigo SmartStart Super and ...

Former Bell Potter adviser sentenced to 5 years jail

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
A former Bell Potter Securities adviser has been sentenced in to five years jail with a non-parole period of three years and nine months for fraudulent conduct that cost investors more than $1.6 million. The sentence comes after an Australian Securities ...

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider submissions from the industry in order to refine the definition of 'hedge fund'. The announcement follows concerns over the current definition of 'hedge fund' and affects a number ...

Fewer Australians invest in shares: ASX

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
The number of Australians investing in the share market continued to decline in 2012, according to the Australian Securities Exchange's Australian Share Ownership Study 2012. The study found that 38% of Australians owned shares in 2012, compared with ...