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Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
A former National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planner has been jailed for eight years for dishonesty and fraud relating to nearly $6 million of misappropriated funds. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation ...

Corporate tax needs to be more competitive: KPMG

A KPMG study of corporate tax rates in 86 countries found that those with the most attractive corporate tax enjoyed higher than average economic growth, and suggested there's room for Australia's tax rates to be more attractive to offshore investors. ...

Former Zurich CFO banned by APRA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified the former Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (ZAIL) chief financial officer for his role in deliberately overstating the company's financial position. John Stanbridge was chief ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open down after rising to a record yesterday on weaker base metal prices and a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0731 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down 14 ...

Sen Chapman explains Parliamentary Inquiry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
Holding his cards close to his chest, Senator Grant Chapman, Chairman of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry, gave a few hints about the big issues confronting the Inquiry. Speaking at the Association ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open down on lower base metal prices and a weak lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down 11 points at 5,381. Today, Macquarie Media Group and Babcock ...

Lo-doc broker to pay client compensation: ASIC

Small-time mortgage brokers who think they may be too insignificant to catch the ire of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should take heed after the regulatory watchdog took legal proceedings against a Canberra-based lo-doc ...

Currency managers pray for Cruise antics

The latest State Street Global Research weekly report noted that the market lull in currencies is making foreign exchange (FX) traders wish that the markets would 'jump the couch', or exhibit strange, volatile behaviour a la Tom Cruise. "A lack of volatility ...

FSR style licensing regime for mortgage brokers

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... said Clyde. "It will look a little like FSR. We have been looking at that type of system." The Financial Services Reform Act (FSR)is the primary regulatory regime covering financial planners. Clyde, who was speaking in Sydney at a conference organised ...

Tassie investment schemes wound up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has succeeded in its bid to have two Tasmanian unregistered managed funds wound up. ASIC obtained orders in the Tasmanian District Registry of the Federal Court of Australia to wind up the ...