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InvestorWeb talks up Sanford bid ahead of Friday expiry

InvestorWeb (IWL) has launched a last ditch appeal to Sanford shareholders to accept its $0.19 per share offer, but it appears to be falling on deaf ears ahead of the offer's expiry on Friday April 4. So far, only 173 Sanford shareholders (12 per cent ...

Investment directors plead guilty to misconduct

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced that Graeme Milner and Terence Hunter, directors with Acts Net Limited ( a Bendigo-based non profit organisation for religious activities), pleaded guilty in the Melbourne County ...

Promina finalises massive share floatation

Insurance company Promina today launched the prospectus' for its upcoming public offere that is going to be the biggest sharemarket float in Australia since the 1998 Optus offer. The float values the owner of AAMI and the Australian Pensioners Insurance ...

Banking complaints low despite transactions increase: ASIC

Complaints against banks decreased last year despite an explosion in the number of transactions, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said today in its annual monitoring report on the banking, credit union and building society ...

Qantas shares plummet as Dixon warns investors on profits

Qantas shares plummeted 12.2 per cent in morning trading, falling $0.36 to $2.96 after chief executive Geoff Dixon said it would be unable to meet market profit expectations for the full year. Qantas had earlier cautioned the market of the pressures ...

SA adviser joins son on ASIC banned list

Paul Cully The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today handed down a two year ban to South Australia financial adviser Kevin Lehman for unauthorised dealing in superannuation and insurance products, one month after his son Klinton ...

Another adviser pleads guilty to ASIC charges

Paul Cully Former South Australia financial adviser David Mudge has pleaded guilty to a charge of dishonestly coaxing an elderly client to transfer money into his account or those held by his own company, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

AXA appoints Ipac as portfolio manager

John Fernando AXA has appointed Ipac as the portfolio manager for its multi-manager portfolios, it has announced. The appointment is effective from April 1. Ipac will be responsible for selecting and monitoring fund managers, portfolio construction ...

ASIC moves to prevent repetition of Groundhog scheme

John Fernando The Supreme Court of Queensland today ordered Ian Hall and David McEvoy of PricewaterhouseCoopers to liquidate two companies and an unregistered managed investment scheme that took approximately $3.5 million from 161 Australian investors ...

ASIC files charges against Southcorp

John Fernando The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today filed proceedings in the Federal Court against Southcorp Limited alleging a breach of its continuous disclosure obligations in April 2002. The proceedings relate to an e-mail ...