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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... cent, or 164.22 points, to end at 22,034.56, while Shanghai was flat, edging up 0.35 points to 2,226.13. China's customs agency said Wednesday exports climbed a below-forecast 10.0 per cent last month, and imports jumped a bigger-than-expected 14.1 per ...

ASIC chair appointed to IOSCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... Commissions (IOSCO) during a board meeting last week. Medcraft succeeds Masamichi Kono of the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) and said it wants to work towards the engagement with members and stakeholders and the cooperation across its membership ...

BNP Paribas expands banking capabilities

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... will become head of Market and Financing Services Products. He will report to Natalie Floate, who is the head of Treasury, Agency Securities Lending and Foreign Exchange for Asia Pacific.

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Demand for Australian bonds has grown stronger after ratings agency Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating, leaving global investors with one less top-rated economy. Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA, with Australia now ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... years: now if you want to plan a trip you book everything through a website, but if you need advice you still go to an agency," he said. SelfWealth is a Melbourne-based business that employs six people and was founded last November. Ward previously worked ...

ASIC slaps biggest fine ever

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... Meanwhile, last week Australian Crime Commission executive director David Lacey warned that Australia's criminal intelligence agency was seeing an alarming increase in the number of offshore investment frauds seeking to target self managed super fund ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... pension fund in the US, CalPERS, has expressed its support for the US government's civil lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Rating Services. Early this month, the US Department of Justice sued the agency for fraud in relation to the ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... in print. Carlsberg -- it disappointed earnings expectations...and metals - they slid or dipped, depending on which news agency you follow. But let's put this in perspective. The headline stems from the 0.2% dip in the Euro Stoxx 600 index overnight. ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Australia's criminal intelligence agency, the ACC is witnessing an increasing number of the illegal operations, with many organised crime rings - formerly involved in drug trafficking - now targeting investors, as the profits were better and there was ...

Water fund recommended

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
Rating agency Zenith has recommended the Blue Sky Water Fund, which trades physical water assets that it says are uncorrelated to mainstream investments. The Blue Sky Water Fund is an unlisted fund operating in the alternatives space which focuses on ...