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Govt moves to enshrine 'financial adviser' label

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... confidence in the financial product advice industry", Mr Shorten said. It will also make it easier for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to take action against "product spruikers". Industry bodies the Financial Planning Association ...

ASIC eases fears on high frequency trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said in a new report that fears related to high frequency trading (HFT) are mostly unfounded. The much-anticipated report, released today, follows investigation into market prices by two ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... Trustees made public today the bidder statement for its offer for the Trust Company and lodged it to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the ASX and the Trust Company itself. The document provides key information about the offer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... Statistics releases lending finance data for January and new motor vehicle sales numbers for February. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will hand down its report on the impact of high frequency trading on Australia's financial markets. ...

Former consultant sentenced for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... former consultant Ulf Ronnie Lindskog after being convicted of four insider trading charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Judge David Parsons sentenced Lindskog to 12 months imprisonment wholly suspended for ...

Managed accounts set for an overhaul

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... derailed the sector's growth. Institutions and service providers have welcomed last week's release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) consultation paper outlining how Managed Discretionary Accounts (MDA) should be operated. ...

Same Day Money loses credit licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled the Australian Credit Licence (ACL) of Cairns-based business Same Day Money. Same Day Money director Lawrence James Sullivan has also been banned from engaging in credit activities ...

Former Astarra director permanently banned from fin services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced today that it has permanently banned former Astarra Asset Management director Eugene Liu from providing financial services for failing to comply with financial services laws. Liu ...

More details needed on conflicted remuneration guide

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have welcomed the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) guidance on conflicted remuneration but have asked for more clarity on some of the main ...

Industry bodies welcome Code of Conduct update

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have welcomed the release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) guidance on the regulatory code of conduct. After the release of the guidance last week ...