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ASIC issues governance warning on local emerging market companies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning over corporate governance in Australian companies that have significant operations in emerging markets, saying these companies are more susceptible to collapse than domestically ...

ASIC orders additional AFSL conditions on Sydney firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed additional licence conditions on the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a Sydney-based firm. ASIC identified concerns about the adequacy of Roco International's market ...

Gunns chairman avoids jail for insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... convicted on the basis that he ought to have known the information was inside information, not that he knew. Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) commissioner Cathie Armour said the conviction was a reminder the regulator was committed ...

Countplus blames profit loss on political uncertainty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... result, the group did not achieve its positive market guidance," the company said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Countplus is an aggregation of 21 business which includes 18 accounting business, a financial planning specialist ...

WealthSure faces restructure after Court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... WealthSure to apply capital and operating expenditure in new systems and resources to deal with concerns of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). This week, former WealthSure adviser Brian William Veitch pleaded guilty to 22 criminal ...

Hyperion joins Packer in taking Magellan profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... September and will instead focus on investing as in a new role as managing director. In an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Magellan said Mackay would continue to provide council through a role as a special adviser. Former Meryll ...

Wealthsure adviser guilty to criminal charges

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
Former WealthSure financial adviser has pleaded guilty to 22 criminal charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Appearing in the Sydney District Court, Brian William Veitch, formerly of Minto, New South ...

Hybrids must better convey risk: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is cracking down on the misleading marketing of hybrid securities. ASIC has criticised what it terms "misleading labelling" and "unwarranted comparison" of hybrids to less risky products such ...

ASIC mulls replacing adviser Training Register

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is considering replacing the ASIC Training Register for financial product advisers. In a Consultation Paper (Consultation Paper 215 Assessment and approval of training courses for financial product ...

Australian ETF industry soars to reach $8 billion

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... from ETF provider BetaShares. The total market capitalisation of the low cost index products traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) reached a total of $8.25 billion in July. Market movement was attributable for 8.1% or $618 million of the ...