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Chi-X opens to all Australian listed stocks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... show that around one in five trades on its platform deliver price improvement. An Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) report said last month that Chi-X participants have saved $300 million in the last year. "Australian investors are ...

ASIC MDA review requires further clarity: IMAP

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... excessive, and will push for a two-year requirement. In its submission to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) addressing the regulator's renewed approach to MDA's in Consultation Paper 200: Updates to RG 179, IMAP argued that ...

ASIC targets SMSF confidence tricksters

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will target 'unscrupulous' advisers trying to make quick money out of the fast-growing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) industry. Addressing a packed room at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney ...

ASIC steps up investigation into SMSF fraud

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has successfully obtained court orders to liquidate two Queensland-based self-managed super fund (SMSFs) advice business accused of misleading investors. Yesterday the Federal Court appointed Michael ...

AFA outlines stance on conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... prepared a document, due for public release shortly, expressing its concerns over the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) consultation paper on conflicted remuneration. The AFA already sent the document to the regulator, which is expected ...

Keep chasing architects of Trio collapse: Agencies

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... Australian history. A joint parliamentary committee on Thursday pleaded with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), the Federal Police and the Crime Commission to continue their inquiries into the fraud, AAP reported. The committee ...

Advisers at risk over asset-based fees

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... cigarettes, "Make it difficult to smoke anywhere." Similarly, regulation outlined in the Australian Securities & Investment Commission's regulatory guide 175, does not stamp-out asset-based fees, but it does mean many advisers are at risk of falling ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Concerns about the level of power wielded by consultancy firms prompted the first Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) review of the sector back in August. The industry highlighted a potential conflict of interest arising from Russell ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... company news, Qantas holds its annual general meeting in Canberra. Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Greg Medcraft, is scheduled to deliver to a speech at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... Financial Regulators which comprise of the Treasury, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian Securities & Investment Commission and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority are currently reviewing the submission on this issue.