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ASIC winds up 3 fraudulent QLD financial services companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
The Supreme Court of Queensland has ordered three financial services companies to be wound up after they defrauded approximately $1 million between May and October 2012. An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation discovered ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight after a mediocre report on US economic growth and the latest batch of uneven corporate earnings reports. At 0733 AEST on Monday, the June share price ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
What grows when it's stimulated? No Stuart, I'm not thinking what you're thinking. According to Economics 101, economies tend to grow given enough stimulation. Forget Reinhart and Rogoff - last Friday they just did a Dijsselbloem (remember him? he ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher, boosted by stronger mining stocks on the back of improved prices for commodities. "It's all about commodities today," IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We've seen a nice little jump ...

$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has begun to build its investment pipeline after the government's issue and release of its $10 billion investment mandate this week. The funds will become available after 1 July 2013, and the CEFC is progressing ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... equities until the cows come home to roost (oops, metaphor mix up again). But that's missing the point. The point is Uncle Ben's QE experiment is working as intended - to encourage investors into riskier assets. It's working so well Big Ben has now convinced ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained on positive US jobless figures. At 0754 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,127. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

SelfWealth benchmarking index outperforms ASX200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
SelfWealth's own index, the SW200 which allows investors to compare the performance of their portfolios directly with other users of the community, has outperformed the ASX200. The SW200 takes the top 200 stocks by weight, from the top 200 portfolios ...

REI and Club Plus get MySuper green light

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
REI Super and Club Plus Super have become the latest funds to get approval from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for their MySuper offerings. Property industry fund REI said its existing default choice, the Trustee Super Balanced ...

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
New reforms announced by US President Obama to abolish the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) will create a substantial opportunity for direct property and infrastructure investors, according to Russell Investments. Under current rules ...