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Unlicensed managed investment schemes to be wound up

The Supreme Court of Queensland has appointed insolvency specialists Sims Partners to wind up Atlantic 3 Financial (Aust) Pty Ltd. Atlantic 3 earlier had been placed in interim receivership, following action launched by the Australian Securities and ...

ACCC to discontinue Qantas airlines matter

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Qantas Airways Ltd have resolved Federal Court litigation concerning allegations that Qantas misused its market power on the Brisbane-Adelaide route after Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd's entry ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
Housing affordability for first home buyers fell to a record low for the second quarter running, dropping by 9.4 per cent in the September quarter, according to the Commonwealth Bank/HIA Housing Report. The report said Australian housing affordability ...

Tower provides undertakings to ASIC regarding FAI PSP product

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
Wealth management group Tower Australia Ltd today issued undertakings to Australia's corporate watchdog that it would repay investors for their investment in FAI Personal Superannuation Plan (PSP). The move comes after Tower said in July that it would ...

Government to revise GST on long-term non-reviewable contracts

The Government intends to revise the way GST will be applied to long-term non-reviewable contracts that will not have had a review opportunity by 30 June 2005, according to The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan. Under ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

ASIC eases disclosure requirements on managed investment warrants

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new class order easing disclosure requirements for ASX-traded warrants on managed investment products. Under the new order, disclosure requirements will be aligned with those applying ...

Snowball to join forces with boutique firm

Snowball Group Ltd has announced its intention to join forces with boutique financial planning firm Ferguson Group, which advises clients on behalf of $55 million in investment funds. Ferguson managing director David Bellingham said that the merger ...

Snowball Group and Ferguson to merge

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Financial planning company Snowball Group Ltd today said it would join forces with boutique financial planning firm Ferguson Group. It said it would purchase Sydney-based Ferguson for an up-front consideration of $480,000. Further payments would be ...

Telstra faces hostile shareholders

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Angry Telstra Corp shareholders last week applied their collective war paint for what turned out to be an unexpectedly hostile annual general meeting in Sydney. In a marathon session which stretched beyond five hours, the airing of grievances ranged ...