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ASIC defends AMP FP action

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeffrey Lucy, defended the regulator's decision to avoid a court action in preference of handing out an enforceable undertaking to AMP Financial Planning yesterday, flagging an increased ...

GIO Insurance directors hit with heavy penalties

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2006
... former directors of GIO Insurance were disqualified and dealt hefty fines by the NSW Supreme Court after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into their dishonest and improper conduct. Geoffrey Vines, Francis Robertson ...

Accountants to investigate investment scheme

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... accountants have been appointed to examine an Intertax managed investment scheme after a court application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Intertax Group, of which David Palmer, Max Collins and Philip Trudgeon were ...

AMP caught on conflicts

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
... advice industry into turmoil, AMPFP has agreed to give the regulator an enforceable undertaking after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found that in almost half of the cases reviewed planners failed to give adequate disclosure ...

Putnam announces senior vice president

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
... chief investment officer for NRMA Insurance, portfolio manager with LGT funds Management and strategist for Baring Securities. With offices in Boston, London, Tokyo and Sydney, Putnam currently has around $224 billion in assets under management.

AMP Cap Investors revs up global direct property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
... fundamentals point to a clear case for clients to increasingly look outside of Australia and beyond listed property securities in order to diversify their portfolios." The fund is open-ended and available to Australian and international institutional ...

Perennial Real Estate scores mandate and moves past $1.5bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Perennial Real Estate Investments has scored a global property securities mandate from Australian Primary Superannuation while announcing a milestone achievement of $1.5 billion in funds under management. Anthony Patterson, managing director of Perennial ...

ASIC plays educator on the radio

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a six part radio series, Your Money, designed to help consumers distinguish genuine financial opportunities from scams. "Consumers are often dazzled by offers of high returns from ...

UBS narrows the infrastructure horizon

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... listed infrastructure fund, largely limiting stock selection to three major sectors. The UBS Global Infrastructure Securities Fund, launched in May this year, is invested in three major sectors that the fund's portfolio manager, Perry Lucas, said will ...

Trustees told to ramp up disclosure: ASIC

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given new guidelines for superannuation trustees on reporting material changes and significant events sooner after they occur in a bid to ramp up disclosure to members. ASIC's executive ...