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Wattle Group saga claims yet another former adviser

A former Adelaide investment adviser and principal of Golconda Resources, was today sentenced in the District Court in Adelaide on 62 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Ian William Snook was sentenced to ...

Trade balance to remain in wide deficit in Aug: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
Australia's trade deficit is expected to have remained wide in August as rising exports levels were nullified by rising imports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will report the balance on goods and services (BOGS) for August on Monday. Market forecasts ...

Australia's current unemployment rate compares favourably with OECD average

Australia's current unemployment rate, announced at a 13-year low 5.8 per cent yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is far lower than the standardised unemployment rate of 7.2% (July 2003) for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...

Piet Walters appears on further ASIC charges

Piet Cornelius Walters has appeared before the Cairns Magistrates Court on a further 12 charges brought forward by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The new charges allege that Mr Walters engaged in dishonest conduct in relation ...

ACCC reject proposed air alliance, airlines to appeal

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today denied approval for a proposed alliance between Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd. "The proposed alliance would be highly anti-competitive and offer little benefit to the Australian ...

Virgin Blue responds to watchdog air alliance decision

Virgin Blue said today the Australian competition watchdog's decision to deny approval for an alliance of its two major Trans-Tasman competitors helped clarify its future plans. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today said there ...

Macquarie agrees to enforceable undertaking by ASIC

Macquarie Investment Management Limited (MIML), a Macquarie Bank Group company, has agreed to an enforceable undertaking accepted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to improve its compliance with ASIC's policy on prospective ...

Perennial announces ownership, management changes

Perennial Investment Partners today announced a capital injection from major shareholder IOOF, and a restructuring of the board to enable a greater representation of Perennial executives. Perennial said two IOOF executives, Rob Turner and Tony Hodges ...

ASIC puts super sponsors under the spotlight

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is poised to get tough on the disclosure of unfunded liabilities in corporate defined-benefit superannuation plans, announcing a supplementary component to its annual financial report surveillance ...

ASIC clarifies action relating to chairman's former legal partner

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released a statement clarifying its handling of matters relating to Mr Ian Collie, a partner in a former legal practice with outgoing ASIC chairman David Knott, and who was involved in ...