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ASIC bans Westpoint adviser

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned Perth-based planner David Roy from providing financial services for seven years after it found he misled clients on Westpoint products. The regulator found between 1998 and 2005, Roy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... September share price index futures contract rose 34 points to 5,034 on a total volume of 10,784 contracts. Pattersons Securities senior client adviser Rick Turner said a local relief rally was being led by a stronger US market performance. "Is it the ...

Focus on value not fees: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... commission system may hike up the price of products for clients, Klipin said both the Federal Government and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) endeavours to make revenue statements transparent have helped clients find value ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... The September share price index futures contract fell 83 points to 5,011 on a total volume of 15,367 contracts. Aequs Securities dealer Ric Klusman said the resources sector was dragging the market down and while most of the banks were also lower, some ...

ASIC bans Oxford Investments

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), backed by the Federal Court of Australia, banned Tasmanian based Oxford Investments Tasmania and its sole director for advising on financial products for 10 years. As a result, the firm and ...

Moody's takes action after ratings blunder

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... found the initial Aaa rating should have been Aa. Moody's subsequently withdrew its ratings on four of the 11 CPDO securities due to the repurchase or restructuring of the notes following requests from issuers and investors and re-rated the remaining ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... Meanwhile, the unofficial monthly measure of inflation jumped 0.5 per cent in June to 4.5 per cent, according to the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge. TD Securities senior strategist Joshua Williamson however told the ABC that ...

Uni students get Praemium help

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... Mathematics, a core unit for the undergraduate degree in Financial Mathematics. According to a statement on the Australian Securities Exchange, Praemium's systems will also be used by staff from the School of Mathematics to assist in the research of ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... September share price index futures contract added 12 points to 5,283 on a total volume of 12,734 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said it was an excellent way to the end of the financial year. "Commodity prices are ...

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
Nearly 13 per cent of 4,137 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Directors' Interest Notices breached listing rules in the first quarter of this year - prompting warnings that those who violated the law could face ASIC investigation. According to the ...