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Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
It's official folks...we now have a bear market -- a bear market in gold, that is. The yellow metal no longer shines Virginia. Gold's spot price closed at US$1484.07 an ounce. That's a 21.8% drop from its all-time closing high of US$1898.25 per ounce ...

Put up or shut up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Pa-lease stop with these nudge, nudge, wink, wink already -- and ease up on the promises and pledges while you're at it. No, I speak not to you Virginia, but it is to Ben and Mario I direct my displeasure. I've been watching the markets for decades ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat, despite a strong positive lead from Wall Street. The Australian dollar continues to trade above 106 US cents, after lifting to a 10-week high on Monday. CANBERRA - Finance Minister Penny Wong says she is ...

Ashton launches Gold Share Class

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
The Ashton Group has launched a Gold Share Class for the Ashton Select Fund and Ashton Performance Fund. Ashton's Gold Share Class enables investors to elect gold as a 'currency' in which to denominate their investment. "Gold has appreciated significantly ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Regular gentle readers would know by now that today's heading has in no way any relation to the 1995 romance film of the same title but to the goings-on in the financial markets. Equity markets didn't do much overnight. The S&P 500 was up a little ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
"Increasing America's overdraft beyond $14.3 trillion should have been relatively simple." Not my words ladies and gents, but that of the revered "The Economist" magazine. Simple and yet, here we all are, still watching on the edge of our seats, still ...

Former Integrity port manager loses court bid

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
Former Integrity Investment Management portfolio manager, Shawn Burns, has failed in his bid for an court injunction as the case between Burns and Integrity continues. Burns' employment at Integrity was terminated on June 20 this year after the company's ...

Licensee Select new manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... experienced unprecedented growth over recent times. On May 23 the licensee solutions provider signed up Financial Index Australia (FIA), which has ten planning firms with over 35 advisers. Licensee Select currently provides compliance, practice development ...

PIF Investor action group claim small victory

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
Wellington Capital has agreed to suspend any further action in relation to a planned rights issue, until a full hearing on 12 June, following an injunction application by PIF Action Group (PIFAG). PIFAG is seeking an injunction to cancel units in the ...

FIA growth leads to Licensee Select

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Financial Index Australia (FIA) has moved in-house services to BT Financial Group's Licensee Select for its licensee solutions, citing strong growth for the outsourcing. The change will affect FIA's ten planning firms with over 35 advisers, who will ...