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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... 24, the September share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,082, with 6,699 contracts traded. Cameron Securities client adviser Adrian Leppinus said the local markets took its cues from the United States. "Our market is following the lead ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (the SIS Act). "This is the section of the Act that allows fund trustees to acquire listed securities from a related party without breaching the general prohibition on acquiring assets from a related party," said Peter ...

Russell lauches new AEq value strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... value characteristics. The rankings are then used to build a large capitalisation value portfolio of typically 40-50 securities. Initially the strategy will be used to form part of the value component for a selection of Russell's Australian share funds. ...

AusSuper to double Asian exposure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... ground who speaks the languages will be an advantage." The six-person panel includes Paul Chow, ex-CEO of Hong Kong Securities and Futures Exchange; Philip Yan Hok Fan, a member of Goodman groups' board and former executive director of CITIC Pacific ...

ASIC closes in on SMSF advice firms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has obtained interim court orders against two Queensland-based self-managed superannuation advice companies, following concerns that the firms have misled investors about their investments. The corporate ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... because according to the regulator APRA, at end March 2012 they held $43bn in assets, 76% of which was in fixed interest securities. The irony is insurers will be doing this at the same time the asset class is becoming more favoured by the global pension ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... Telstra said it was selling its New Zealand subsidiary TelstraClear to Vodafone for $NZ840 million ($A660 million). Its securities were two cents higher at $3.88.

ASIC bans unlicensed Sydney adviser

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has permanently banned Sydney based adviser Ropati Broederlow after it found he acted dishonestly and made false and misleading statements in relation to financial products. Broederlow was also operating ...

A-REIT concentration raises active mgt questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
The Australian listed property trust securities sector is plagued by concentration issues, according to Lonsec's annual review. While most funds in the sector are benchmarked against the S&P/ASX-200 A-REIT Accumulation Index or the S&P/ASX-300 A-REIT ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... more than $113 million to serious and organised investment fraud in the last five years," Clare said. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), AUSTRAC and the Australian Tax Office are working with the ACC as part of Task Force Galilee ...