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Adviser sentenced to 8yrs imprisonment

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
A former financial adviser receives a jail sentence after pleading guilty to 13 fraud charges following an ASIC investigation. Neil Francis Dodd was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in Townsville's District Court after an ASIC investigation concluded ...

Fox elected AFA president

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... as 'Foxy', leads the association at a time when the advice industry is on the cusp of major reforms. "We are in a battle ground. But, we are at the negotiating table and that's going to be the source of achievement. We're not going to win every battle ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... down the yen against the US dollar and the euro. Emerging nations are engaging in guerrilla tactics in order not to give ground to "the enemies". Britain is reportedly going to enlist as soon as tomorrow. And China? It's blaming the US, Europe, Japan ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... the biggest drag on the Australian market after US banks were weaker overnight, he said. But no sector was on positive ground. Mr Taylor said was the local market had had a strong run upwards recently and given it was the end of the month, some investors ...

AMP appoints business partnership manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... Townsville and Mackay. "In order to cater to the needs of the region, we believed it was necessary to have someone on the ground full-time," Justo said. Randall has a background in financial services, most recently with Westpac, and prior to that with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... volume of 9,486 contracts. Austock Securities private client adviser Michael Heffernan said the market had clawed back some ground by noon after a tentative start to the session that saw the S&P/ASX200 index slip by almost 10 points in early trade. "We're ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
The Australian share market was slightly weaker at noon on Thursday, following a negative lead from United States markets overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.4 points lower, by 0.12 per cent, at 4,619.8 points, while the broader ...

AMP buys Sydney office for Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... buy at what is generally accepted to be near the bottom of the cycle," Hartley said. Direct property has become a hunting ground for savvy institutional investors since the sector's slump last year. Research from the Australian Direct Property Investment ...

Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 in August 2010, with respondents reportedly feeling on 'shaky ground'. "It's as if Australians are suffering from a post financial crisis hangover with falling levels of confidence. Help is out ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... of Financial Management is scheduled to issue $700 million of April 2015 bonds. On Thursday, The Australian share market ground lower, as investors in mining and bank stocks took profits. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 56.2 points, or 1.21 per ...