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BlackRock ends "unfair" analyst surveys

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... to express grave concerns about BlackRock's survey program and about similar practices industry-wide. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently conducted a review into domestic incidences of fund managers sending surveys to ...

Gloomy outlook forces Crowe Horwath to trim business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... cloud accounting and a comprehensive SMSF administration service," the company said in a statement in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Financial advisers of Crowe Horwath's Melbourne-based firm will acquire a 50% interest in the financial planning ...

ASIC bans credit and mortgage brokers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned three mortgage brokers and convicted one after it found that they had provided false information to clients. Two Sydney-based mortgage brokers were permanently banned for providing ...

Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... to Part 9.4 AAA of the Corporations Act in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). "Part 9.4AAA is limited and has, as yet, had little impact or implementation," Brown said. ...

Consumers find super 'mind-boggling', survey shows

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... "risky", "complex", "mind-boggling" and "stressful", according to a new consumer survey commissioned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The purpose of the survey, conducted by Latitude Insights, was to test the design of ...

High frequency trading improves market fairness

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... that it gives traders an unfair advantage, manipulates markets and causes unexplained crashes. While an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) taskforce into HFT said in March that fears are unfounded, the regulator has recently introduced ...

"People who complain are gotten rid of": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... favouritism" which includes threats and harassment of employees. The testimony comes from a former employee of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) who worked in the regulator's stock exchanges operation from 2010 to 2013. The ...

Court approves The Trust Company acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... approval to the Perpetual takeover last week. Today is also the last day that The Trust Company trades on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) before Perpetual shares are transferred to The Trust Company shareholders on December 18. Shareholders ...

Planners lax on capital protected product advice: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... sufficient enquiries into their clients' financial circumstances when advising on capital protected products, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found. In Report 377, 'Review of advice on retail structured products', ASIC ...

Trust Company non-exec director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Davis' resignation became effective on November 30, 2013, the company has confirmed in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). "Roger had intended to resign some months ago due to his other commitments, but offered to stay until the ...