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FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... reiterate the FPA's stance on professional conduct breaches. The role of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) would also be highlighted to the public. "At the moment, I think it's important ...

ASIC lifts shorting ban on non-financials

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is lifting its short selling ban on non-financial securities from Wednesday next week. This decision follows an extension of the ban last month. This announcement does not affect the ban on ...

WW opens pension info site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... week, minister of superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced an insurance and superannuation resource for high school students. These initiatives are just the beginning. ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, last week announced a new financial literacy program designed to help young Australians who are making decisions ...

Toowoomba planner banned

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
Desmond Blinco of Toowomba has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from providing financial services for 15 months after evidence emerged that he is an undischarged bankrupt. ASIC banned Blinco because of his undischarged ...

Hedge funds slam ban extension

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
The hedge fund industry has condemned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) decision to extend the ban on short selling on non-financial stocks, declaring it will have "severe and immutable long-term effects". ASIC extended the ...

ASIC suspends WA AFSL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) suspended the licence of West Australian based Concentric Wealth Management after it found it couldn't manage it's own debt. In August Mervyn Kitay was appointed receiver manager of Cottesloe ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... regulator about its decision to ban short selling of shares in the local market. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday said it had widened a ban on "naked" short selling of stock, announced on Friday, to "covered" short ...

Fund manager sentenced

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... Sydney based Gregory Nathan has been sentenced to seven years in prison following an Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation that found he had acted dishonestly and gambled investors money. ASIC found Nathan operated an unregistered ...

No more short cuts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... with Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers among the casualties. In Australia, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said it has extended its enquiries around market manipulation - started six months ago - to include investigations around ...