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Tasmanian adviser faces 110 ASIC charges

A former financial adviser from Sandy Bay, Tasmania, appeared today in the Hobart Magistrates Court on a total of 110 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges that between July 1995 and May 2003 Mervyn ...

IWIF unitholders to be asked to vote for trust closure

International Wine Investment Fund (IWIF) unitholders will again be asked to vote for the wind-up of the trust at a meeting next month, just eight weeks after rejecting the resolution at their last general meeting. Berren Asset Management, which manages ...

ASIC deals out permanent ban to Brisbane financial planner

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Harvey Baigent - a Brisbane financial planner - from acting as a representative of a dealer or investment adviser. ASIC commenced an investigation of Mr Baigent following ...

Morningstar upgrades ING's international fixed interest management process

Morningstar has today announced that it had upgraded ING Investment Management Australia's management of international fixed interest from negative to neutral due to new process. The company had a four star Morningstar rating as at 31 July 2003, indicative ...

Australia's current unemployment rate compares favourably with OECD average

Australia's current unemployment rate, announced at a 13-year low 5.8 per cent yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is far lower than the standardised unemployment rate of 7.2% (July 2003) for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...

Buoyant housing lending finance figures for July: ABS

Housing lease finance across Australia rose 14.9 per cent from June to July 2003, from $461 million to $530 million according to statistics revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Meanwhile, housing finance for owner occupation rose 3.4% ...

Unemployment rate dips 0.4% to 5.8%: ABS

The latest labour figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the nation's unemployment rate dipped 0.4 per cent from 6.2% in July 2003 to 5.8% in August 2003. The labour force participation rate has risen in that period ...

Senate Super Committee calls for rewrite of government portability regulations

Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, has said that the Senate Super Committee has unanimously requested the Government rewrite its so-called portability regulations. "The portability regulations claim to allow ...

Morningstar to review HSBC ratings following new appointment

Mornigstar will be keenly reviewing the appointment of Robert Hook as head of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's (HSBC) Australian equities on 8 September 2003. As a result of the new appointment, Morningstar will be reviewing the three star ...

Overseas visitor arrivals rise 8.8% for July to 394,100: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released data on overseas visitor arrivals and departures for July, revealing that short-term visitor arrivals to Australia increased 8.8 per cent to 394,100 from June to July 2003. The estimate of short-term ...