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CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... in Goulburn Street in Sydney and office blocks in St Leonards in Sydney and on St Kilda Road in Melbourne. Under Corporations law, APFG is obliged to surrender the register of unit holders within seven days. Rodger Bacon, CYRE Trilogy chairman, said ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... to listed securities acquired from a related party on-market. "However, the problem with this approach is that the Corporations Act prohibits investors from selling securities on market with the intention of buying back that security on market - sometimes ...

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... not really going anywhere." Haywood said that most types of bonds are popular in Australia at the moment because corporations are doing well, earnings are strong, profit margins are high and as a result the default rates are low, which makes Australia ...

Cold calling scammer gets 10 year ban

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... ASIC. At any time the CIA did not hold an Australian financial services (AFS) licence which is required under the Corporations Act, it said The Federal Court made declarations that CIA made false representations to investors and engaged in dishonest ...

SMSFs should pay SuperStream levy: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... contribution towards it. The AIST has also recommended that the government adopt the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' recommendation that the Australian Taxation Office be required to provide a regular detailed breakdown ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... announcement that the Government is consulting on whether the term financial planner or adviser should be defined in the Corporations Act. "The legislation to limit the use of this term to those with the right qualifications will ensure higher standards ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... services to take advantage of this fast growing user base...The pace of change has made it hard for all but the largest corporations and dedicated technology companies to keep up." Driving mobile internet usage, which will increasingly flow into tablet ...

Trio: ASIC evidence insufficient to prosecute Flader

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... prove controller of the Trio Group, Jack Flader, has breached Australian Law. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital report said that US citizen Jack Flader, was the ultimate ...

Government responds to proxy vote concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... stakeholder concerns regarding undirected proxy votes cast by the chair on executive remuneration resolutions. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Act 2011 passed last year provides for greater ...

NAB AS wins Maple-Brown Abbott mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... owned investment firm specialising in the management of Australian and Asia Pacific ex-Japan equity portfolios for corporations, institutions, industry and corporate superannuation funds. The win for NAB Asset Servicing comes after a comprehensive selection ...