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"The time for rhetoric is over": ASFA demands progress on super

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed the Government's commitment to superannuation reform, but warned that political compromise by all parties may be necessary to ensure the reforms are put into practice. "The three ...

ASX sidelines FundConnect project, writes off $3.5 million

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is shelving the ASX FundConnect project due to a lack of industry support, it announced today. It will also write off the $3.5 million it has spent thus far on designing and developing the system, which had previously ...

No link between futures trade and AMP demerger: ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced that it has not detected "any conduct which would warrant regulatory action" after an investigation into trading in the SPI 200 contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange. ASIC concluded ...

New super initiative sparks familiar political catfight

The Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has today criticised the Government's "Revitalising Superannuation" initiative unveiled yesterday as offering "nothing new" for the Australian superannuation members. The Government ...

Takeovers Panel dismisses AMP Life's appeal on ART

A Takeovers Panel Review has dismissed an appeal by AMP Life following its original ruling that pre-emptive co-ownership rights relating to the AMP Shopping Centre Trust (ART) would effectively deter any takeover bid for ART from a party not acceptable ...

ASIC revokes 10 dealer licences in South Australia

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced that it has revoked the licences of 10 South Australian securities dealerships, as part of the regulatory body's ongoing monitoring of compliance across the financial services ...

"Watch out for fixed interest risks": ASIC warns investors

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investors to watch out for the different levels of risk attached to fixed interest investments. "The sharemarket downturn and uncertainty about property investments are generating ...

AMP Life to appeal Takeovers Panel decision

AMP Life has launched an appeal with the Takeovers Panel after it ruled in favour of Centro Properties in relation to Centro's bid for the AMP Shopping Centre Trust (ART). "The application from AMP Life seeks a review of the decision of the Sitting ...

Super investment in innovative strategies "questionable": APRA

The compulsory nature of superannuation savings makes it "questionable" whether these funds should be channelled into "cutting edge" financial investments that may involve a higher level of risk-such as hedge funds-the Australian and Prudential Regulation ...

ASIC lifts interim stop order on Absolute Capital fund

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has lifted the interim stop order it placed on Absolute Capital's 'Yield Strategies Fund' on Tuesday, the Sydney-based boutique announced today. "ASIC's lifting of the order means that this ...