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ASX: Breakdown unrelated to Monday's Chi-X launch

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... support its launch, said ASX. "The ASX worked with its technology provider and in constant liaison with the market regulator ASIC to resolve their technical issues," said Shorten. "I've been advised the issues are not related to the introduction of competition ...

Dark pools attract larger trades and ASIC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Chi-X owner, Instinet, has launched its first dark pool product for Australian equities, at a time when regulator ASIC is looking to review the trading industry. Instinet launched its Instinet BLX Australia yesterday, which will collect multiple orders ...

Signature scam adviser banned for life: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... margin account he had opened in his mother's name. King, 41, has been given a life ban from financial services regulator ASIC for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct between 2007 and 2008 over the alleged incident. He has the right to appeal ...

Fraud adviser banned for life

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... Financial Planning from 2003 to 2010. Charter Financial Planning became suspicious and called in financial services regulator ASIC to investigate. ASIC discovered Bean, of St Peters, South Australia, had acted dishonestly and had broken financial services ...

Burned investors drink bitter cup: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... seek redress and recover only a few cents on the dollar if at all according to new research from finance industry regulator ASIC. The organisation studied the social impact of misconduct in the financial services industry such as fraud and inappropriate ...

Director to challenge ASIC ban

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Financial services regulator ASIC today said it banned a director for three years from providing financial services - but the director is appealing against the decision which she called "disgraceful". Tracey Burnell, of Doncaster East, Victoria, was ...

Let the games begin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Financial services regulator ASIC this morning released its timetable for the introduction of market competition, which will allow Chi-X Australia to compete head to head with the ASX, and said the new market integrity rules (MIRs) should be in place ...

Self-directed investors challenge industry giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... advice rather than holistic advice. Many advisers still provide holistic advice as the default option," the finance regulator ASIC noted in its recently released Access to Financial Advice report. Growth in the self-directed channel is already creating ...

ASX power handover to ASIC heralds new trading rules

PRESS RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Starting next month, investors will have to follow a new set of trading rules when regulator ASIC takes over the supervisory role historically held by the local bourse. Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law ...

Debt disclosure to revive agribusiness

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... their books to the public, including how much debt they owe, could renew investor confidence. This week corporate regulator ASIC released a consultation paper on how agribusiness managed investment schemes (MIS) can improve their disclosure policies ...