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Signature scam adviser banned for life: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
A financial adviser who allegedly used a scanned copy of his 72-year-old client's signature to misappropriate $1.5 million in shares is facing a life ban from ASIC and court action. Todd Michael King, of Perth, WA, allegedly used a scanned signature ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... practices of over 2,300 public companies worldwide. The ratings service equips institutional investors with a scoring model to strip down a company's ESG practices by environmental management, climate change, human and labour rights, supply chain labour ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
The Australian dollar was almost a US cent lower at noon, after minutes from the central bank's April board meeting confirmed that it was in no hurry to raise rates. At 1200 (AEST) on Tuesday, the local unit was trading at 104.63 US cents, down from ...

GFC hangover hits Perpetual profit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
A goodwill write-down from a pre-GFC purchase helped drag down wealth manager Perpetual's first-half profits by 29 per cent year-on-year to $35 million for the six months to December. The $10.6 million goodwill write-down comes from their 2008 purchase ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
Regulatory reforms, politics, and high profile M&A activity dominated the financial services landscape this year - Financial Standard looks back at the stories that shook up the industry this year. It was an extraordinary year in Australian politics. ...

Fin services jobs on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Right Management, attributed some of the success to the financial industry taking on a leaner approach as it continues to strip down its cost structures. "To some extent, there's a reluctance by some people to take their chances in a sector that was ...

Full steam ahead for MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has cited Australians' concerns that super is too complex as a key reason why MySuper will be implemented as planned. Minister Shorten quoted research from Colmar Brunton that showed consumers generally find information ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
"War! huh-yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing..." Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote this song in 1969 in protest of the Vietnam War. Its lyrics talk about the lost of lives and "tears to a thousand mothers' eyes". "War! It ain't nothing ...

MySuper gets Government tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Gillard Government has approved the MySuper reforms as part of its agenda to boost Australians' retirement incomes. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave the green light to MySuper, with existing super funds able to offer MySuper products ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
Looks like the financial markets are not getting any reprieve from this month's instalment of economic data releases. You guessed it! It was another down day on Wall Street overnight as Murphy's Law made its presence felt. "If anything could go wrong ...