Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 3571 - 3580 of 6696 results for "Securities"

FPA calls for improved education on advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... about financial advice and inclusion in the national curriculum. The Financial Planning Association (FPA), Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) hosted an educational workshop for advisers to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... Westpac dropped 16 cents to $22.75 and Commonwealth Bank was 23 cents lower at $52.39. National turnover was 996 million securities worth $1.884 billion, with stocks 166 up, 741 down and 308 unchanged.

MMADX appoints new executive director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... capital raising is proceeding well and the consortium is building in strength. MMADX will commence trading money market securities and repurchase agreements once it has received and the appropriate licenses, and expects to launch a full-service electronic ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... Central banks stimulated led by the Fed's reinvestment of "principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in longer-term Treasury securities." So much so that scaredy cats who sold the S&P 500 missed out on a 33.9% gain between ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... interest in pay-TV provider Foxtel. ConsMedia shares were down five cents at $3.25. National turnover was 912.9 million securities worth $1.8 billion.

Securities lending is not short selling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
Securities lending is a legitimate market activity for asset owners looking to lower their net trading costs, and it should not be confused with short selling. Securities lending is so mainstream that most exchanges around the world consider it to be ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... three months to March. The stock was down 7.5 cents, or 3.62 per cent, at $1.995. National turnover was 974.3 million securities worth $1.6 billion, with stocks 360 up, 473 down and 363 unchanged.

ASIC warns industry about misusing term independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... regulator, including publicly naming companies found to be in breach. In a recent surveillance project, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found 21 instances of insurance brokers and financial planners making statements about the ...

ASIC flags guidance on code approval

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... on approval of codes in the advice sector, following changes to the FOFA Bill. Under recent changes, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) would have the ability to exempt advisers from the opt-in obligation if the regulator was ...

FPA calls on ASIC for clearer advice definitions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Financial Planning Association has called on The Australian Securities and Investments Commission for greater clarity and definitions of quality advice. Approximately 150 practising financial planners, along with licensees and compliance, legal ...