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Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... for advice standard," Wheeldon told the inquiry. Quoting an email from another ASIC lawyer at the time, he said that "the relief would allow the 'bad end' of the market to present projections that they would not be allowed to produce on paper or verbally." ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... McCarthy said an improvement in commodity prices had also provided a boost for Australian miners. "There's some welcome relief for Australian investors this morning and there are some very good reasons for it," he said. In the resources sector, BHP Billiton ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... outlook for the biggest economy" (you know who you are). While I can swallow the Ukraine rationale for Wall Street's sigh of relief, it looks like a stretch linking the US housing starts data (released overnight) to "improving outlook for the biggest ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... market on Tuesday closed higher as global markets rallied on the back of encouraging US factory production figures and relief that sanctions imposed on Russia after the Crimea vote were not too severe. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.0 points ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... said the local market has followed overseas leads and opened strongly. "I guess it's overseas markets breathing a sigh of relief that Putin says he has no plans to invade Ukraine," he said. Locally the four major banks were leading the surge higher. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... other riskier investments. LONDON - Stock markets rebounded from the previous day's slump as investors breathed a sigh of relief after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared there was "no need" yet to send troops into Ukraine. London's benchmark FTSE ...

Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... She worked for the United States Army in Sydney during World War II and, once the war was over, for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). She then went on to work for Liberal Federal Member of Parliament, John Howse, rubbing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... 1854.29, passing the previous high mark set in January. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said the result had provided relief for investors and carried over to local stocks after Thursday's close in the red. "There's been a comeback in early trade ...

ASIC extends short PDS relief

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended interim class order relief from the shorter product disclosure statement (PDS) regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds. A class order has extended the ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... that prompted Westpac chief economist Bill Evans to state that: "The index shows no signs that respondents are feeling any relief for job prospects despite the Reserve Bank's rate cuts and the recent fall in the Australian dollar." The RBA faces a difficult ...