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ASIC launches inquiry into super funds

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has launched an inquiry into superannuation funds. Seventy-two Australian fund managers have had their investment practices examined as part of an inquiry into possible market manipulation ...

Economic indicator pointing to stronger growth momentum

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
A leading indicator of future economic activity rose above its long term trend rate in September, pointing to a stronger growth momentum in the first half of 2004, according to Westpac. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading ...

Jail, rather than fines, needed for corporate crime, says lawyer

Prison sentences, rather than fines and sanctions, are needed to curb corporate crime, a leading South Australian business lawyer said on Friday. South Australia insolvency lawyer Michael Barrett said the Gordon Gecko "greed is good" motto is alive ...

Putnam scandal impacts BT ratings

The alleged market-timing scandal at Putnam, which has so far claimed the scalp of the chief executive officer and also resulted in two portfolio managers facing civil charges, continues to produce local fallout. At least one Australian ratings agency ...

ASIC made record enforcements in 2003-4: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
Australia's corporate regulator achieved a record 29 jail terms for white collar criminals in 2002-03, including stockbroker Rene Rivkin, its annual report reveals. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), said it achieved record ...

Annualised growth rate beats long term trend: Westpac/MI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2003
Australia's economic growth would continue to improve in the second half of 2003 and into the first half of 2004, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The annualised growth rate of the index, which normally ...

Costello unveils response to CLERP 9

The business and investment community has until 10 November to formally respond to the government's draft legislation on audit reform and corporate disclosure, the result of the ninth review of the Corporate Law and Economic Reform Program (CLERP 9). ...

International trade deficit narrows to $1.9 billion in August: ABS

Australian exports of goods and services rebounded by five per cent in August, helping to push the trade deficit back below $2.0 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported. In a tentative sign foreign demand may finally be strengthening ...

Labor endorses ACCC decision

The federal opposition today said it had no quarrel with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) decision to veto an alliance between Qantas and Air New Zealand. The ACCC today ruled against the planned alliance and said it was anti-competitive. ...

ABS releases labour force experience data

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released a summarised format of its labour force experience data for the year ending February 2003, and said that there were 13,749,300 civilian Australians aged 15-69 years in February 2003 and that 10,198,000 ...