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Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... continued to climb. US stocks plummeted in the financial sector, amid fears that hedge fund losses on risky mortgage securities could be contagious. Meanwhile the end of a general strike in Africa's biggest oil-producing nation Nigeria has sent crude ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... insurers striking new highs, as investors wagered China would lift their allotment quota for investing in overseas securities. Buyers rushed in near the end of the session to push the benchmark Hang Seng Index up 0.21 per cent, or 45.24 points, to end ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... the September share price index futures contract was 19 points lower at 6,373 on a volume of 5,534 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market was likely to have a reasonable day, but the breakneck pace of growth ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... 18,240.30. HONG KONG - Stocks surged as the Chinese government changed rules to allow fund managers to invest in offshore securities. The Hang Seng jumped 270 points to 21,954.67. WELLINGTON - NZ stocks fell in keeping with the trend in the US market ...

ASIC review to streamline IDPS rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is undertaking its first ever review of the rules around licensing for Investor Directed Portfolio Services (IDPS) which it hopes will simplify some of their operating rules and reduce barriers ...

RBNZ to become single NZ financial regulator

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... New Zealand (RBNZ). As well, financial advisers will have to belong to approved professional bodies supervised by the Securities Commission, a reform well-flagged through a lengthy consultation process. Currently the RBNZ regulates only registered banks ...

Advisers have 30 days to issue SoA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the period in which an adviser can provide a Statement of Adive (SoA) from five to 30 days to cope with the frenzy of activity around the new super rules. ASIC said it had responded ...

SEQUAL to boost reach through education

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... reach and understanding of reverse mortgages by brokers and planners. This focus on education comes as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently criticised brokers for misleading advertising. Currently, 47 per cent of reverse ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... points to 6,325. Today, the New South Wales state budget is released and broker Wilson HTM lists on the Australian Securities Exchange. OceanaGold Corporation and Uramet Minerals Limited also both list on the ASX. Australian stocks continued their upward ...

Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... the fund will benefit from the average 20-year veteran experience of Lodestar's team. Alongside Morgan, Lodestar's securities and quant analyst is Susie Fenton, formerly a highly rated quant analyst at Macquarie. Investment strategist Dennis Rope was ...