The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 111 - 120 of 120 results for "Lawsuit"

Wiki me happy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008

Web content manager Vignette predicts that social networking tailor-made for corporates will be the next platform on which financial services providers can engage their Gen Y staff and retain their customers. The power of social networking came to the ...

Banks not ready for Web 2.0

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008

While many retail banks have toyed with the idea of using social networking sites to draw customers, a new study found many are still afraid that linking up their online services to third-party content poses a serious security threat. Datamonitor's ...

UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008

UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services in the US are embroiled in a multi-billion dollar fraud lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's lawsuit charges UBS with falsely selling and marketing auction rate securities ...

US pension fund to settle suit for $930m

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008

... Retirement System (CalPERS) fund yesterday announced a proposed $930 million (US$865 million) settlement of a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth, a healthcare services group where CalPERS holds 4.9 million shares worth $132 million. The settlement ...

Ken Done sues over $53m bad advice

MICHAEL HOBBS | THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008

... accounting practice purchased the client base. Daily newspaper Sydney Morning Herald reported today the details of Done's lawsuit. According to the article, Done claimed that had his advisers invested his money over four years as he's instructed, he ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC | FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007

Where legislation fails taxation often takes over and, following on from the cheeseburger bill, UK doctors and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit are now debating a fat tax. And what in the name of Ronald Macdonald is a 'Cheeseburger Bill'? When it's ...

Market Wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2005

... Index was up 11.89 points at 2253.91. LONDON - Top UK shares ended higher, led by PartyGaming as investors bet that a lawsuit planned by its smaller rival Empire Online would fail, and further reinforced by a second day of strong gains for oil stocks. ...

Lend Lease says Bovis covered by US govt captive insurer

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004

... Tuesday said it believed its construction unit Lend Lease Bovis would not be hit by compensation claims if a US class action lawsuit being brought by workers employed on the World Trade Center site in New York City was successful. The company said while ...

Calpers files suit against NYSE for fraud

... practices on the New York Stock Exchange," said California Public Employees' Retirement System president Sean Harrigan. "This lawsuit alleges that the NYSE as an institution, together with the specialist firms it is supposed to regulate, have been engaged ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up in late trade

US stocks erased early losses to finish higher, supported by some positive elements in the ISM's June survey of manufacturing activity. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 55.5 points (0.6%) to close at 9,041.0, while the broader S&P 500 ended 7.8 ...

PAGE:

BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

Videos

Brought to you by

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Follow the leaders

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

Strength amid noise

A guaranteed future

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE