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ASIC accepts EU from forex broker over prohibited IMA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from online foreign exchange broker Forex Financial Services Pty Ltd (Forex FS). ASIC's investigation found that between March 2010 and October 2011, Forex FS offered an account known as an individually managed ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat following weak overseas leads from the US. Gains in heavyweight Australian mining stocks have been offset by falls in Telstra - which has gone ex-dividend - and fellow large companies Woodside Petroleum and ...

Treasury Group's FUM up on retail inflows

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Strong performances from RARE Infrastructure (RARE), Investors Mutual Limited (IML) and Celeste Funds Management (Celeste) has seen Treasury Group's profits climb 30% to $7.2 million in its half year results for the six month period ending 31 December ...

SFG growth not affected by FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
SFG Australia has reported a strong half year result, which it says was not affected by the implementation costs of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. SFG operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ...

Millinium Australian equity income fund receives rating

STAFF REPORTER  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Millinium Capital Managers' MSF Dividend Income Option has received an "A" rating from van Eyk Research in its Australian Equities Income Review. The Fund has been a stand-out performer in the Australian equity space, returning 39.2% over the 12 months ...

Charter Hall profits dip 4.3%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Charter Hall's statutory profit after tax for the six months to 31 December 2013 has fallen 4.3% to $28.6 million. Operating earnings for the period were up 13.1% to $38.1 million while the group paid a distribution of 11 cents, up 12.2% pcp. Charter ...

AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
AUSCOAL Super has awarded a new dynamic currency hedging strategy mandate to State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) that will allow AUSCOAL Super's investment team more involvement in the portfolio'sA currency management. SSgA has been managing currency ...

NAB reports $1.4 billion net profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) has reported unaudited net profits of $1.4 billion and unaudited cash earnings of $1.55 billion for the December quarter. The latter figure represented a 7% rise from the corresponding period, and was 2% above the quarterly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished modestly lower following weak housing figures but European markets rose as traders digested mixed retail sales data out of Britain. At 0754 AEDT on Monday, the March share price ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The week that was looked exactly like the week before that was. Yes Virginia, financial market sentiment remains upbeat for what is good is good and what is bad, what is disappointing, what is negative is "likely affected by the weather". Blame the ...