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PIS gets Malaysian license

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... is set embark on an expansion spree after being granted a Corporate Unit Trust Agent (CUTA) licence. The Malaysia's Securities Commission granted SFP the licence recently, making it the first financial planning group in Malaysia to hold both a financial ...

Perennial adds to smaller companies division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... to senior analyst of the firm's smaller companies division. Smith previously worked at small cap researcher, Linwar Securities, as head of research and prior to that, worked at Tyndall within its graduate program. Smith will commence at Perennial in ...

Adviser goes to jail for $1.5m fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... Maddington, was yesterday sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). According to ASIC, Pisano will serve a minimum of two years and eight months. Pisano ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... exchange, the June share price index contract was 40 points higher at 5,714 on a volume of 11,061 contracts. Austock Securities senior analyst Michael Heffernan described trade up until noon as a "happier morning than we've had for some time". "It's ...

Clear lines between ratings and research

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... Research (PIR). Last week, the government ordered a review of ratings agencies and research houses by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). However Richard Cruickshank, managing director of PIR, has called for clear lines between ...

ING IM funds high on cash

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... said the ING IM investment team is focused on reviewing company balance sheets as he did not believe the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has completely recovered from the volatility in previous months. "We're fully invested in our large cap space ...

QIC develops better anti-inflation strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... buying just physical assets, noted QIC as they explained why they are now implementing a strategy based on synthetic securities. "We can generate better investment outcomes for clients through the use of derivatives called 'inflation swaps'," said Buckley. ...

ABN Amro Asset Mgmt to join Fortis

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... AMRO Asset Management, including the Australian Equity, Concentrated Australian Equity and High Income Global Property Securities Funds remain unchanged but the Global Equity, Emerging Markets Equity and the Europe Equity Funds investment teams will ...

Research and rating firms welcome Govt review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research houses have welcomed a review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Treasury into the role they, along with credit rating agencies (CRAs), played in the recent financial market turmoil and subsequent corporate collapses. ...

ABN AMRO launches Altera

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
ABN AMRO has launched Altera Securities, a five-year structured investment that provides equal exposure to emerging markets, global infrastructure and commodities with the security of a 100 per cent capital guarantee. The fund will provide exposure ...