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

Search Results

Showing 4671 - 4680 of 6696 results for "Securities"

Opposition slams govt short selling claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Senator Nick Sherry's claim that the government action on short selling is in-line with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) report, declaring the government misrepresented the report. Minister for superannuation and corporate ...

ASIC bans Macquarie rumourmonger

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
The Australian Investments and Securities Commission (ASIC) has banned Richard Macphillamy from providing financial services for 18 months after he spread false rumours about Macquarie Group and one of firm's products. The regulator banned Macphillamy ...

Macq Funds adds two Aus eq analysts

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Group has added two fundamental analysts to its Australian equities team. Andy Kovacs, who previously led Macquarie Securities' food and beverage sector research team, joins the Australian equities unit as senior analyst. In his new role, he will be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... conference. In company news, New Hope Coal, Oroton Group and Myer Pty Ltd report first-half results. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will apply for the wind up of Storm Financial Ltd in the Federal Court. On Monday, the Australian ...

Mexican super funds shut doors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... economic growth. Some of the areas the funds will focus on include strategic infrastructure projects and local financial securities. Local property, including real estate and housing, will also be on the cards. The association said it's one of its main ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... Fed jolted the market this week with an announcement of plans to buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of debt securities in hopes of reviving lending. Stocks initially jumped on Wednesday when the plans were announced but then fell Thursday and ...

Restrict 'adviser' term: AFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Advisers (AFA) has called upon Treasury to restrict the term 'adviser' to those that are regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and comply with the Corporations Act. "The problem at the moment is that anyone offering ...

ASIC seeks Storm liquidation

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has applied to place Storm Financial into liquidation after the firm's former directors posted a "misleading" memorandum on their website. This application follows the Storm Financial's former ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Treasuries over the next six months. It would also purchase an additional US$750 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities and US$100 billion worth of debt of government sponsored enterprises (GSE) over the same period. This move brings the US central ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... since December last year - and/or that the Fed would increase the US$600 billion pot set aside for purchasing mortgage securities and other toxic assets. But what good is an extra million, billion, trillion added to the pot when it is only leaking into ...