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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... higher on Friday as strong earnings from shoe and clothing maker Nike helped offset a profit warning from American chemical company DuPont. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 5.71 points (0.03 per cent) to 16,851.84. The broad-based S&P 500 rose ...

Henderson set to acquire US fund manager Geneva

MARK SMITH AND AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... of $US1.4 billion in the year to date," the firm said. Henderson chief executive Andrew Formica said the developing the company's presence in North America was "a strategic priority." Geneva co-founder and managing principal Amy Croen explained that ...

MyState names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Tasmania-based financial services company MyState Limited has appointed Melos Sulicich as its new managing director and chief executive. Sulicich was previously chief executive of RAMS Financial Group and General Manager, Mortgage Broker Distribution ...

Trio-linked fund manager jailed for 25 months

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... (ASIC) Commissioner John Price said, "Mr Maher's conduct fell below an acceptable standard. "Gatekeepers, like directors, company officers, auditors, investment advisers and financial planners, who think they can flout the law, should think again."

Inquiry has Macquarie Private Wealth in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... the firing line with the Senate Economics Committee inquiry recommending ASIC undertake "intensive surveillance" of the company in its recently released report. The organisation was referred to by name in one of the Senate Committee's 61 recommendations. ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... provisions which would ensure that a banned person could not be a director, manager or hold a position of influence in a company providing a financial service or credit business. The document referred extensively to the need to improve standards for ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... extensive knowledge of compliance) from which to draw when concerns emerge about a poor compliance culture in a particular company." "The special expert would review and report to the company and ASIC on suspected compliance failings with the process ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... 25 cents higher at $35.98 and Coles owner Wesfarmers had gained 42 cents to $41.61. Also posting strong gains was power company AGL, which was up 37 cents at $15.55 after a legal win paved the way for it to buy two power stations from the NSW government. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... cent) to 4,368.04. General Electric shares added 0.2 per cent to $26.98 after the French government said it favoured the company's proposal to take over Alstom's energy assets for $US16.8 billion ($A18.18 billion) over a rival bid by Germany's Siemens ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... cents at $13.21 at 1200 AEST. But Treasury Wines shares rose after it announced a massive $260 million restructure. The company's shares were up 19.5 cents at $5.025. Mining stocks were lower with Rio Tinto down 55 cents at $58.98, BHP 32 cents lower ...