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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... results on Thursday. Employment figures are also due out in Australia on Thursday. National turnover was 3.4 million securities worth $35.2 million.

CBA profits up 19%, wealth mgmt struggles

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... lower margin products and increased costs of compliance, including a recent Enforceable Undertaking with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)." FirstChoice and Custom Solutions performed well with strong net flows of $1.6 billion ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... data collection by APRA, regarding transparency matters such as fees and costs and fund performance. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants the superannuation industry to develop standards for portfolio disclosure so super ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... per cent, the S&P500 rose 0.68 per cent and the NASDAQ closed up 0.95 per cent. National turnover was 331.8 million securities worth $446.2 million, with 256 stocks up, 342 down and 291 unchanged.

Rainmaker appoints new head of technical services

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... Program. Proctor joins Rainmaker after technical services roles with Macquarie Investment, Mercer Financial Planning, ipac Securities, Perpetual and, most recently, as a lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney. Proctor is a member of the Financial ...

Smart investors buy productive assets: Buffett

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... losses. "Beyond the requirements that liquidity and regulators impose on us, we will purchase currency-based related securities only if they offer the possibility of unusual gain," he wrote. Buffett warned that assets that investors hold in the hope ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... S&P500 advanced 0.15 per cent and the NASDAQ climbed 0.39 per cent. On the local market, turnover was 329.8 million securities worth $513.0 million, with 287 stocks up, 282 down and 329 unchanged. Mr Russell said the market would be looking at the Reserve ...

Astarra auditor banned for three years

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... accepted an enforceable undertaking that he would not act as a registered company auditor during that time. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) accepted the enforceable undertaking (EU) after the regulator expressed serious concerns ...

Instos face debate on EM strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... a dedicated manager for each emerging market asset class is a necessary focus across the entire range of available securities. This allows for better returns than core plus managers, who tend to allocate to an asset class through larger securities taking ...

Intersuisse/ Austock securities buyout goes ahead

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Singapore- backed Intersuisse Holdings has successfully purchased the securities arm of the Austock Group after nearly two months of talks, resulting in a number of management changes. Austock Group chief executive and former head of Bank of America-Merill ...