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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... housing finance for July. In equities news, the Federal Court is expected to hear Australian Securities and Investments Commission proceedings against Storm Financial, Macquarie Bank, Commonwealth Bank and Bank of Queensland, relating to allegations ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Commonwealth Bank has rejected this allegation. The trial will run alongside the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's (ASIC) action against the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Bank of Queensland. ASIC has been prosecuting the case since ...

AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Financial Markets Association wants the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to refine its proposed approach to dark pools, claiming it would lead to better targeted regulatory intervention in the market. Dark pools are orders ...

ASIC issues crowd funding guidance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has issued guidance to promoters of 'crowd funding' to clarify arrangements that may be regulated under the Corporations Act and the ASIC Act. Crowd funding involves the use of the internet and social ...

Storm's victims counselled against settlement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... should one be offered. Levitt advised his clients not to support any move by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) to accept an out of court settlement on the pretext that it would enable the banks to avoid scrutiny of their misconduct ...

ASIC targets securities dealers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is honing in on securities dealers after discovering evidence of insufficient steps to ensure clients receive appropriate advice. ASIC's fourth market supervision report is the first to include information ...

Conflicts of interest worry ASIC

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
Following its recent review of the asset consultant industry, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has expressed concerns over fee structure conflicts of interest based on preferring services. ASIC conducted the review as part of ...

ASIC bans ABC LC auditor

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has banned an ABC Learning Centres auditor from practicing for five years. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) said it has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Brisbane ...

ASX calls on ASIC to regulate dark pools

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
The Australian Securities Exchange has called on the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to crack down on dark pool trades in Australia. Dark pools are orders to buy or sell shares that are executed outside the transparent ''lit'' markets. ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... wake of the Trio fraud, and plans to be more proactive. While admitting that the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) could never guarantee that a similar scenario would not occur again, Peter Kell, ASIC commissioner, said that changes ...