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ASIC backs down on custody whistleblowing requirements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has backed away from its plan to impose strict whistleblowing requirements on custodians, after receiving unanimously negative feedback from the industry. In CP 197, released in December 2012 ...

EQT defends sending pre-filled proxy forms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... Standard. Perpetual revealed this communication from EQT to TRU shareholders in a company announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). "Equity Trustees has sent The Trust company shareholders communications, including pre-filled proxy forms," ...

ASIC to scrutinise The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... model of The New Daily has shown no sign of abating, after Nationals Senator John Williams requested the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) scrutinise The New Daily on the grounds that it is a bad investment. But The New Daily, which ...

Banned adviser spent client savings on sports car business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Sydney financial adviser Gabriel Nakhl which permanently prevents him from providing financial services after he used clients' cash on his sports ...

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has followed the lead of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and is asking for a detailed public register of financial advisers in a submission to the Senate inquiry on the regulator's performance. The ...

EQT makes last attempt to buy The Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... those TRU shareholders who have accepted EQT's offer," the company said in an announcement published in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The TRU board answered to EQT saying that it will "consider the merits of this revised takeover offer and ...

SMSF trustees suffer "unacceptably poor advice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) recently lodged a submission to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on "Advice on self-managed superannuation funds: Specific disclosure requirements ...

AIOFP members to undertake compliance review

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... that the results would be useful not only for the licensee, but for any other interested parties such the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or prospective buyers. He added that he was confident that AIOFP's members will appreciate ...

Costs of new SMSF regulation expected to be "minimal"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) expects that the industry will implement the new self-managed super funds (SMSF) proposals "with minimal cost and disruption." During the consultation process for CP216 'Advice on self-managed ...

BAC chair to speak at CEDA annual dinner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... first in this new role. Newman is the former chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). He has been chair of Deutsche Banking Group in Australia, and has acted as an adviser to state and federal ...