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Fair Finance Australia pays infringement notice penalty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an infringement notice to Foresters Community Finance, which trades as Fair Finance Australia for false or misleading advertising. Fair Finance paid a $6,600 penalty on 22 March ...

Changes in board culture, key to avoid risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... pressuring companies to make sure they don't operate in risky environments. Recent regulatory changes by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) have brought extra costs to ...

ASIC appoints deputy chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The government announced the appointment of Peter Kell as deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for a five-year period starting 6 May 2013. Kell joined ASIC as a commissioner in 2011 and has experience in both ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... last year Austock Group reported a full year after tax loss of $16 million, blaming one-off costs from the sale of its securities business and regulations which tied up capital. Austock lost $10.7 million through its securities business, which it sold ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... central bank policies would help boost corporate asset such as equities and corporate bonds, versus government-backed securities. "In the US, equity valuations remain higher than most other developed markets, but we think US equities are still attractive ...

Former SMSF adviser sentenced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... fund (SMSF) adviser was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of lodging a false statement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Craig Gerard Dangar was convicted and released subject to a recognisance order, without ...

BNP Paribas creates client-focused roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNP) has restructured its client relationships services and created two new client-focused roles: head of Client Strategy and Communications and head of relationship management. Former head of Asset Manager Client Relationships ...

EQT offer is undervalued and opportunistic: The Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... asked its shareholders to ignore the "materially undervalued and opportunistic offer," in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The Trust Co admits that combining the company with EQT "could create significant value for shareholders ...

MLC awards mandate to Presima

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... according to an announcement by National Australia Bank (NAB) today. Presima will manage part of MLC's global property securities strategy which is used across a number of MLC funds including the flagship MLC Horizon Series, which have more than $27.2bn ...

Former Citigroup broker convicted for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... Supreme Court has convicted a former Citigroup broker for insider trading, following an investigation from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The broker, Colin Edward George Hebbard, of Gwelup, Western Australia, was fined $20,000 ...