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State Street cuts transaction costs by up to 75 per cent

... how US$1 trillion in assets were transacted (bought or sold) over a five-year timeframe, State Street discovered that securities transactions that used the company's 'internal crossing liquidity', the technical term for the off-market buying and selling ...

Macq BRIC fund approved by Zenith

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... further differentiating factor is that the Fund can also invest up to 20% of the portfolio in emerging market debt securities if this is deemed to provide the optimal exposure to that country/countries," said Wright. Zenith defined the fund as growth ...

Family banned by ASIC and AFSL revoked

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... and have had their Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) revoked following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Australian Business Insurance Advisers (ABIA) was a family business operated out of Adelaide ...

Broker gets jail term for forgery

... knowledge. In a case bearing some resemblance to the now infamous Nick Leeson-Barings Bank scandal, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleged that former options advisor and stockbroker Neville John Kakoschke of Thorngate, South ...

Return to sender costs millions: QAS

... The company is owned by UK listed software giant Experian and counts Vodafone, AMP, BT Financial Group, Commonwealth Securities and Asgard as clients. And QAS also caters for the banking sector with their software detecting potential fraud committed ...

ASIC cautions over rate rise advertising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
With the recent interest rate rise and another imminent, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cautioned lenders over advertising and promotional material which may not accurately reflect a rate rise. Already home loan lenders ...

Ord Minnett adds to private client team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... two new private client advisers as part of its recruitment drive. Andrew Nutt has joined Ord Minnett from Patersons Securities where he built up a significant private client base. Tony Board also joins Ord Minnett as a private client adviser, leaving ...

Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... eight years for dishonesty and fraud relating to nearly $6 million of misappropriated funds. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation, Paul Drakos from the New South Wales Central Coast entered guilty pleas in ...

ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
David Tweed, the perennial off-market shareholder predator, has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from providing financial services. ASIC banned Tweed for his role relating to two offers to acquire holdings from ...

Not on our watch: ASIC

In the 12 months to June 2006, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has recorded a 34 per cent increase in action against illegal investment schemes, 90 per cent more civil orders against professional misconduct and enforcement ...