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ASIC penalties 'like being hit with a lettuce leaf': Murray

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... penalty regime in ASIC is like being hit with a lettuce leaf, it's just not strong enough." He hinted that people working "close to ASIC or with ASIC don't see much of a problem" with penalties. "But we've got a different opinion on this," he said, referring ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... 15-year high. Seoul rose 0.23 per cent, or 4.78 points, to 2,041.37 and Sydney put on 0.22 per cent, or 12.96 points, to close at 5,969.1. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index nudged down 4.688 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 5870.539.

Smart beta, fixed income ETFs surge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... head of South Asia passive investments Sam Manchanda. The total number of ETFs globally has risen to 3,906 and there is close than $3.5 trillion allocated to the vehicles, DAWM research shows. "The investment community is becoming more and more aware ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... run on a wave of investor optimism over the economic outlook. It closed at 7,037.67 points, up 0.22 per cent from Friday's close. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index slumped 1.19 per cent to 11,895.84 points and the CAC 40 in Paris dipped 0.65 per cent to 5,054.52. ...

Macquarie to close Risk Advice Specialists

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Macquarie has confirmed it will close Risk Advice Specialists, a boutique advisory dealer group operating under the Macquarie AFSL. Financial Standard understands that the five Risk Advice Specialists planners will transition to other licensees outside ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The 25th edition of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' (AIST) Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) has finished on the Gold Coast with a focus on the policy issues affecting the industry. The conference has seen over 1,100 delegates ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... an early rate hike, while the euro and yen retreated against the US dollar after racking up big gains in New York. At the close of trade Sydney was 1.86 per cent higher, adding 108.5 points to 5,950.8 while Seoul ended up 0.47 per cent, or 9.44 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... slightly lower, dipping 1.46 points to 2,028.45. Shanghai added 2.13 per cent, or 74.45 points, to 3,577.30 - its highest close since mid-May 2008 - with investors still buoyed by weekend comments from Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that the government was ...

NAB, ABS insider traders jailed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
After being charged in 2014 for insider trading, money laundering and abuse of public office, two men have been sentenced to jail. Reportedly Australia's largest insider trading scheme, the two men's activities resulted in profits of roughly $7 million ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... 3.0% rate at the end of 2013 when the Fed made good on the taper. The S&P 500 index - 2.074.28 points as at last night's close - makes one think that one "shoulda, coulda, woulda" have bought at the 1,848.36-point level (31 December 2013) after the Fed ...