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Finsia announces award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... the industry. The award for most outstanding industry contribution went to Dr Maurice Newman AC, former chair of Deutsche Bank Australia and the ASX. The award for most outstanding woman in financial services went to Helen Lynch AM who is non-executive ...

Niche and insto licensees to rule by 2020

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Medium-sized financial planning licensees will be the first to fall by the wayside as the sector restructures over the coming decade, according to a panel of advice experts speaking at the AFA national conference. The new market leaders will be both ...

ASIC suspends Far East AFSL

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
An independent Sydney-based private investment bank has had its Australian financial services license suspended for failing to lodge financial statements. Far East Capital Limited specialises in the resources sector in the junior end of the market and ...

Eaton Vance launches first Australian domiciled fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... stable returns in the floating-rate asset class, through bottom-up credit research and issuer diversification. Director of Bank Loans for Eaton Vance, Scott Page, who will co-manage the fund in Australia, said it had been developed specifically for the ...

US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... selling ban indirectly destroyed confidence in Dexia that lead to the need for taxpayer-funded bail-out of the French-Belgium bank Dexia. Dexia specialised in lending money to local government authorities. The $A6 billion purchase of Dexia comes just ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... negotiations. A comprehensive package to solve the sovereign debt dilemma will soon be announced. The package would involve bank recapitalisation, it'll deal with Greek debt and, it'll boost the size of the EFSF rescue fund from a,-440 bil to a,-1 tril. ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 32 points at 4,281. In economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino is due to deliver a speach to Citi's 3rd Annual Australian and New Zealand Investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... and financial stocks are mostly higher on the back of overseas leads, with the big four lenders led by National Australia Bank which gained 28 cents, or 1.15 per cent, to 24.56. But heavy falls in base metal prices overnight have hurt miners, with metals ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... deteriorated, given delays in the recovery, in fiscal consolidation and in the privatization plan, as well as the perspective of bank recapitalisations... To steer policy choices towards a sustainable path, Greece has to face strict institutional and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar rose almost one US cent as traders position themselves in preparation for the weekend's crucial eurozone summit. Overnight, Greek members of parliament passed a deeply resented austerity bill that has led to violent protests on ...