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Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... while the bank has a A$600 million debt issuance program, it has established a pattern of issuing just A$350 million of securities at a time. It first made such an issue in October 2006 with a November 2007 maturity. These bonds were rolled over with ...

ASIC freezes $1m investor funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is protecting more than $1 million invested in an alleged illegal investment scheme after gaining an interim order from the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The court order freezes offshore ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... while rumours circulated that insurance giant AIG is unsteady and Bank of America may be eyeing Merrill Lynch. Austock Securities Senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said investors continued to show nervousness as they monitored events in the US. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... Policy Issues in New Zealand". Base metals and uranium explorer Aluminex Resources Ltd is to list on the Australian securities exchange. On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 89.5 points, or 1.86 per cent, to 4,903.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... ETFs worldwide represented more than $980 billion at June. The firm now has 16 iShares ETFs trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Globally, BGI has 340 iShares ETFs trading on major stock exchanges. Recently, BGI appointed Deborah Fuhr ...

Malaysia boosts REITs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
The Malaysian Securities Commission has reviewed its guidelines on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to improve the country's attractiveness as a destination for REIT listings. The guidelines, which are in line with internationally accepted standards ...

Planners comment on EDR scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... newest proposal to increase the compensation cap to $280,000 in an external dispute resolution scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday released a consultation paper proposing an update of the RG 139 & RG 165 legislation ...

IFSA heads to China and HK

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) recognition agreement between Chinese regulators and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC)," said Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive. "It is now up to the industry to make the most ...

S&P recognises industry best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... Australia won the Australian Mortgages category, PIMCO won the Fixed Interest sector award and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities took out the listed property category. Standard & Poor's also recognised BlackRock Investment Managers in the alternative ...

Raise your fixed income bet: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... van Eyk review found diversified income managers are primed to take advantage of investment opportunities in credit securities. The firm's diversified income review resulted in van Eyk recommending investment across diversified income fund managers that ...