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Advisor charged with $1.5m fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
An advisor has been charged after an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation found that he allegedly defrauded almost $1.5 million from investors. Financial advisor Antonio Pisano appeared in Armadale Magistrates' Court ...

St.George buys HSBC's margin lending

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
St.George Bank yesterday acquired the margin lending business of HSBC Bank Australia. HSBC margin loan clients will become St.George customers effective immediately and the total transition is expected to be completed by mid-September. The HSBC margin ...

Industry funds target top end with TV campaign part 2

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
High net worth individuals are among the broader television audience that can expect to be targeted in round two of the controversial industry superannuation funds campaign that first aired on national television last year. The new campaign will feature ...

Flatmates to mortgage-mates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
Shifting demographics and affordability are forcing young people to re-think their strategy for breaking into the housing market. According to a report published in this month's YourMortgage magazine, in recent years the once clear-cut picture of home ...

Grange number one for credit linked notes: AsiaRisk magazine

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006
Grange Securities has topped an Asia-wide poll as the best Australian financial institution in credit linked notes, which includes CDOs. In the wider category of derivatives and structured credit products, the survey also ranked Grange in the top five ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

A new survey has found that Australians spend an average $25 billion per year on daily luxuries such as takeaway food and trashy magazines, with the unusual discovery that men are actually the bigger 'careless spenders' than women. Virgin Money has ...

ASIC charges two over $14.5m fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Two men, one a former ANZ Bank employee, have appeared in court on multi-million dollar fraud charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Stephen Jenvey and Cedric Anthony, both from Victoria, appeared ...

Mortgage broker arrested

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
A former mortgage broker has been arrested and charged following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Michael Cay was arrested in Beechworth, Victoria, following an ASIC investigation into his conduct as the ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...

Our master is the government: FF boss

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
The Future Fund is the government's money and it is the boss, said Future Fund chairman David Murray in an interview yesterday. Speaking on ABC TV, Murray said this also means the Government can dictate what shares are placed into the Fund, even though ...