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AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should have stepped in to address what the association calls a "campaign of misinformation" ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... skimmed by HFTs (high frequency traders)? It's become big news that Australia's prudential regulator - the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) - has reportedly threatened to clamp down on hyper speed trades. Reuters reports that New ...

William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... broader global equity market leaders and to industry sectors and themes that may not be accessible via the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) - something that, arguably, Australians need even more than United States and European investors, because ...

ASIC takes legal action against Mariner over Austock takeover

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has started legal action against listed funds management company Mariner Corporation (Mariner) over its proposed 2012 takeover bid for financial services company Austock Group (Austock). ASIC ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... most vulnerable managers and brokers," BestEx said. In between November 2013 and February this year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) introduced new regulations governing high speed traders. Among the requirements for operators ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) lawyer James Wheeldon has revealed the regulator gave favourable treatment to the big end of the market. Wheeldon appeared yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the performance ...

Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) said that major banks were behind the complaints to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in relation to the organisation's new 'Compare the Pair' television commercials. ISA deputy chief executive ...

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will consider complaints about the new Industry Super Association (ISA) 'Compare the Pair' campaign, over concerns that they are "misleading." Commissioner Greg Tanzer confirmed that the regulator ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... banking customers. The bank also asked the inquiry to review and clarify the responsibilities of APRA and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), as well as improving knowledge sharing between the two regulators. "Commonwealth Bank ...

ASX calls for Australia-based exchanges

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has called for the Financial Services Inquiry to explore introducing requirements for systemically important financial markets infrastructure assets to be placed on-shore. This would grant Australia's policy ...