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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... annual general meetings on the Gold Coast in Queensland. The Warehouse Group Ltd holds its annual general meeting in Auckland. Bank of Queensland managing director David Liddy addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia, and Thorn Group Ltd ...

Improving admin could stop fraudsters: SPAA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... be collated and dealt with on a single platform. Using tax file numbers as a compulsory verification code and including a bank verification process when opening an ABN would allow the regulator and law enforcement agencies to track where rollover money ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... store their gold given the mania that has developed for the yellow metal. The Financial Chronicle reports that the central bank of India - after recently purchasing 200 tonnes of gold from the IMF - is offering to buy the 201.3 tonnes remaining in the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
There was little movement on the Australian sharemarket at noon with trading in the US slowing down for Thanksgiving on Thursday. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.9 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4,695.90, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Deloitte expands Islamic finance business

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
Deloitte is pushing further into Islamic finance with the appointment of a global leader to manage the Shariah compliant division's operations. Daud Vicary Abdullah was appointed Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu global leader of the Islamic Finance Industry ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US$1,170.30 per troy ounce. This is how much gold - the commodity, the physical metal - is currently fetching in international markets. Chances are it would go higher and it is now creating problems. Back in March this year -- when the equity markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... September quarter. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations releases its skilled job vacancies survey. Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Ric Battellino addresses the sixth National Housing Conference. The Australian Office of Financial ...

The downside of Ripoll

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The challenge facing financial planners in complying with the Ripoll Report's recommendation of legislating fiduciary duty is how it can be codified, said a law expert. Michael Peters, business law lecturer from the University of New South Wales, said ...

Lessons learned from Opes Prime

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
From selling sophisticated products to retail investors to ineffective disclosure, the Ripoll Inquiry has investigated the factors that fuelled the failure of Opes Prime - and outlined what needs to be done to prevent future disasters. One of the biggest ...

Wingate appoints senior analyst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
International equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed former Royal Bank of Scotland executive Alastair MacLeod as senior investment analyst. MacLeod joins Wingate from Royal Bank of Scotland in New York where he held roles including ...