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ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... OneSteel and Aevum shareholders in off-market bids. Through his role as sole director, secretary and responsible officer of Country Estate and Agency Company, ASIC found that Tweed had caused an associated company, National Exchange, to engage in misleading ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... cents to $23.74 and ANZ also lost 22 cents at $29.32. US stocks also fell overnight on concerns over the health of the country's economy, after a report showed manufacturing growth had almost ground to a halt. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 50.91 ...

Perennial to re-think global fixed income strategy

... Mason took over Citigroup, that meant there were now effectively two fixed income teams representing Legg Mason in the country," said Perennial's chairman, Mike Crivelli. It also means that Legg Mason can now use Citigroup's distribution network for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... government has announced a $23.5 million program to police the 457 visa scheme that has allowed temporary workers into the country for up to four years. About $17.6 million will be spent on training teams that will undertake ad hoc checks on employers ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... share market was higher at noon on the back of resource stocks and as ANZ Banking Group Ltd led a surge in shares in the country's lenders. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 30.1 points to 5382.4, while the all ordinaries hit an ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... have been able to claim welfare payments. The extent of the current drought has now been increased to 50 per cent of the country, up from 40 per cent last month although this is still below the level of 65 per cent of 2004. The release yesterday by the ...

CFDs close in on share trading

... derivatives product which came out of nowhere five years ago, are now the second most popular trading instrument in the country with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) gearing up to launch their version next year. Brisbane based trading software group ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... the Australian Doctors Trained Overseas Association has found that thousands of medical practitioners are entering the country without the assessments that were originally set up to validate the skills required. Dr Birrell notes that about 3,000 doctors ...

ING OneCare minds the insurance gap

... for," said Helen Troup, executive director in Life Risk. Troup said that one way to address the underinsurance gap in the country is to provide solutions that match today's lifestyle and health trends. She told Financial Standard in a previous interview ...

Government must intervene more to promote savings: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... the establishment of the Future Fund. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in the latest country survey of Australia, however said, "Australia is better placed than most to deal with the fiscal pressures from ageing given ...