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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
The Australian dollar opened higher after reaching another fresh six and a half high against a weaker United States dollar. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7719/27 compared with Friday's close of 0.7719/27. The local unit peaked ...

Former HIH executive pleads guilty to criminal charges

William Howard, a former senior executive of the collapsed HIH Insurance group has today pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal misconduct, brought to the Court by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Howard appeared before ...

ASIC grants AFSL exemption to financial counselling agencies

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced it has granted conditional relief from the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensing requirements to financial counselling agencies that provide financial product advice. ...

Property investment interest falls in December quarter: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
There's been a fall in the number of people who intend to invest new savings in the property sector, with managed funds growing in popularity. The ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings and Investment Report found that those considering investing ...

Winchcombe Carson robustified by AFS compliance: IOOF

The Winchcombe Carson dealer group has successfully transitioned to its Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence, resulting in a more robust and compliant back office for its advisers, IOOF has announced. "Winchcombe Carson was one of the first dealer ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar, bonds weaker at noon

The Australian dollar remained weaker at noon, but was off its morning lows, after the US currency rose on news overnight that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been captured. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7389/92 compared ...

Full steam ahead for growing BOQ

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
Bank of Queensland Ltd continues to steam ahead as Australia's fastest growing bank, reporting its highest sales ever last week despite interest rate hikes and a property market slow-down. Speaking after the bank's annual general meeting in Brisbane ...

Three months to go as ASIC fast tracks AFS licence applications

The Federal Government has continued to remind financial sector participants about the need to apply for their AFS licences promptly, with only three months remaining until the end of the transition to the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act. Parliamentary ...

Former director faces contempt allegations over 44-year ban

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced further contempt proceedings against a banned former company director, Maxwell John Reid. On 10 March 1992, the Federal Court ordered that Mr Reid be prohibited from managing ...

Increase in newspaper and internet job advertisements: ANZ

The latest ANZ job advertisement series, for November, reveals an increase in major metropolitan newspaper job advertisements by 0.1 per cent to an average of 22,148 per week (the highest level since November last year) and internet job advertisements ...