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Financial Ombudsman Service launched

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given the thumbs up to the establishment of a new Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FOS will represent the merger of the three biggest complaints schemes operating in the financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Futures exchange, the June share price index contract fell 65 points to 5,864 on a volume of 11,122 contracts. Aequs Securities institutional dealer Ric Klusman said the market fell after the weakness in the US, and BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto fell on ...

From Wall Street to the Great Wall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... author of the acclaimed book "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" has identified raw material stocks, inflation-linked securities and the emerging markets as the prime asset classes to invest in. Speaking at a Vanguard investor conference, Malkiel said both ...

PIS to list best practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... intends to purchase 20 to 25 per cent of each practice that qualifies and then list the business on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) once it reaches a critical mass. The firm is searching for someone manage the business entity which is expected ...

MGI buys Omega stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... restricted in terms of their investment universe, we have the scope, capability and capacity to select from public market securities trading from more than 30 nations worldwide, ranging from developed countries to emerging markets," he said. In addition ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... Financial Literacy Foundation. The functions of the Foundation are more appropriately carried out by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission which has responsibilities for consumer education in financial services," noted the Budget statements. ...

Westpac and St.George outline merger terms

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... consumer base is expected to rocket up to the 10 million mark. According to a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange, St.George shareholders will own just over 28 per cent of the combined entity, while three of the ex-building society's ...

$500k fraudster gets jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... Andrew Sellers was last Friday sentenced to four years jail with a two-year non-parole period following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. On 7 April 2008, Sellers, 32, pleaded guilty to 16 charges of dishonestly ...

St George and Westpac to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... see the birth of Australia's largest wealth platform provider. According to a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange, the new entity will control $108 billion in funds under administration - making it Australia's biggest platform provider ...

Canadian RMBS not the answer: S&P

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Australia's residential-backed mortgage securities (RMBS) market should be allowed to recover without the intervention of a government-backed agency, argues Standard & Poor's (S&P). Neither a nationalisation of Australia's market nor an adoption of ...