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ASIC closes Risqy Forex scheme

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane to close an illegal managed investment scheme involving $14.5 million being operated by unregistered New Zealand-based Risqy ...

Chasing the deposit dollar

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... across financial institutions, due to the difficulty in pricing multiple year deposits with the directional uncertainty of interest rates. Macquarie Private Wealth clients with $10,000 to deposit will receive 8.31 per cent for one year, with the ING ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... the May Budget can be used to control rising consumer spending and take heat out of the Reserve Bank's mood for raising interest rates. Yet the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in a statement last week asked the government to lower ...

Aurora Buy-Write wins fans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... the markets were roaring but 'Black January' changed all that, claims Aurora Funds Management. "We are getting a lot of interest now since our trusts were hedged with put option contracts during the January share market shake out," said Hugh Latimer ...

Disclose fees or pay $300,000 fine

Investment advisers and brokers in New Zealand must disclose their fees and remuneration upfront to investors, under new rules that come into effect today. The same rules also apply to advisers' and brokers' advertising. "Anyone who gives investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... negative territory for the first time this week, with the banks weighing down the bourse amid expectations of another interest rate rise next week. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 116 points, or 2.01 per cent, lower at 5,651.2 while the All Ordinaries had ...

Allco defends move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
Allco Finance Group (AFG) has stated it complied with its Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) obligation to announce a Review Event following negotiations to refinance its debt. The firm outlined that its facility agreement for its $900 million senior ...

UBS redefines fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... product is invested in cash and indexed against a group of four diversified fixed income investments including short-term interest rates, long-term interest rates, investment grade credit and interest rate differentials. Fixed Income Plus should be considered ...

City Pac dumps MFS deal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
City Pacific has announced that it is pulling the breaks on its offer to buy MFS Limited. According to a statement released on the ASX yesterday, City Pacific chief executive Phil Sullivan said that the Board of City Pacific has resolved that "it will ...

Regulator clamps down on conflicts of interest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... has drafted a report to assist trustees in reviewing governance arrangements and eliminate any potential conflict of interest. The report was drafted after a review of UK pension funds identified potential conflicts of interest as an area of concern. ...