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ASIC upgrades datbase security after Queensland arrest

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today said that it will be upgrading its surveillance and security measures to further enhance the integrity of its public database...

ASIC cracks down on insolvent trading

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced...

Morningstar appoints Cooley to CEO of Australia and New Zealand

Morningstar has appointed Scott Cooley as chief executive officer for its Australian and New Zealand businesses...

Morning market wrap: Economic fears replace war worries in US

The Dow Jones made modest ground on Friday and confidence that the war with Iraq will not turn into a prolonged conflict will have been buoyed by the coalition forces’ progress...

Investa launches seventh property syndicate

Investa Properties Limited today announced that they had lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for the Investa Fifth Commercial Trust...

Advance appoints Mulligan to managing director

Advance Funds Management has appointed Kate Mulligan as its new managing director, with the incumbent Dr Stephen Lam moving to head up the newly formed Investment Centre of Excellence...

EDS Superannuation Fund replaces Watson Wyatt with Towers Perrin

Towers Perrin has been appointed as asset consultant to the $250 million EDS (Australia) Superannuation Fund, replacing Watson Wyatt, it announced today...

Afternoon market wrap: Market lifted by war news

Late afternoon news that coalition troops had advanced to the heart of the Iraqi capital seemed to lift a weight off anxious investors, who responded with a late flurry of buying...

Colonial hires Dixon as general manager of investments

David Dixon, current chief investment officer at Insurance Australia Group (IAG) and former head of Australian equities at Westpac Investment Management, has been appointed the general manager of investments at Colonial First State...

Newspaper job advertisements up by 0.4% in March: ANZ

The total number of newspaper advertisements rose by 0.4% in March to 21,062 per week, the third consecutive monthly increase...