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Former company director pleads guilty to dishonest conduct

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... options, managed funds and property for returns of between 8 and 15%. It is alleged that he then deposited the money into bank accounts under his control, and used it for the three companies and his own personal use. Each criminal charge carries a maximum ...

Finsia award nominees announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... the panel. Women nominated for the most outstanding woman in financial services include Marnie Baker, Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, Jillian Broadbent AO, RBA, ASX, Angela Flannery, Allen & Overy, Belinda Hutchinson AM, QBE, Gail Kelly, Westpac, Helen Lynch ...

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
European financial markets are happy once more. And at this point in time, when Europe is happy everyone applauds. They're gleeful because there are reports out - again! - that their top moneymen are dangling another carrot, nay the hope for another ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... seemed to confirm reports the European Union was working on such a plan to tame a crisis which claimed its first victim, Dexia bank, this week. The news cheered markets which have fallen heavily on deepening gloom that the EU could come up with a plan ...

Touchstone acquires Old Mutual assets

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Touchstone Investments has agreed to acquire around $2 billion worth of mutual fund assets from Old Mutual Asset Management in the US, taking its funds under management to almost $10 billion. Touchstone Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Western ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... turnaround in the last 10 to 15 minutes." He said he was sceptical about how much substance there was to the rally, with the EU Bank Aid Plan light on details, with no one offering to stump up money for recapitalisations. Locally, the materials and financial ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... big time - yes on the same day in the final hour - after Financial Times reported that European officials are studying a bank recapitalisation plan. Yeah sure sure, I'll believe it when I see it. I'm sick and tired of discussing this to'ing and fro'ing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... overnight. During the offshore session on Tuesday night the local unit fell to a low of 93.88 US cents after the Reserve Bank of Australia indicated it was open to an interest rate cut if inflation pressures ease. However by 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the ...

Dividends boom as capital returned to investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
Volatile markets are proving to be a dividend dream, as the market delivers a 9% increase to investors in comparison to the previous reporting season, finds one report. Russell Investments has released its high dividend and high value indexes and found ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
Australian shares were more than one per cent lower at noon, extending losses from early trade ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA's) interest rate decision. The local bourse opened almost one per cent down on a weak lead from Wall Street ...