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Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Flat. This was how Wall Street ended while we were sleeping after climbing non-stop for six straight days. With the investment environment still fluid, investors decided last night to exchange some of their paper profits on equities and commodities ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... estimates. This was just not enough to soothe nerves rattled by speculation that the kind Uncle Sam and Uncle Benny would stop dishing out the goodies. But what happened when last Friday (their time) the US Commerce Department dropped a bomb on Wall ...

Perpetual close to recovering $125m for Mahogany

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
Perpetual Trustees came a step closer to recovering the $125 million frozen from Mahogany Capital noteholders since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, following its second successful court ruling in the United Kingdom last week. Perpetual (PTCo) commenced ...

Advice delivers $2,400 savings per year: research

IFSA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Good financial planners know this, investors who use good financial planners know this but, at last, someone finally did some serious number crunching on the value of advice. Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) commissioned KPMG Econtech ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Dow's hold on that elusive 10K-point mark remains elusive. Perhaps it is the consensus' way of affirming that, indeed, the market has run ahead of itself. Wall Street slid further overnight with the Dow slipping further below the 10K mark despite ...

Centro execs to face tough penalties

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... dissimilar to the sorts of charges that were laid against the [James] Hardie directors, they're civil penalties and basically stop you from doing your job in the future," she said.

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... new preventative healthcare program that aims to slash the cost of insurance to the average Australian and finally put a stop to insurance being seen as a 'grudge expense'. Yesterday the group launched an online customer wellbeing program that gives ...

Too many choices, too many fees: academic

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... than 70,000 investment options. Evans comments follow calls by former Treasurer Peter Costello that the government should stop tampering with the superannuation system. However, it was the Better Super tax reforms introduced by Costello in 2007 that ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... same period. This time, Ms. Meredith changed her mind. Goldman is no longer a 'buy' it is stamped 'neutral'. In other words, stop buying. This time, Whitney's recommendation was issued two days before GS reports on its actual earnings. But unlike the ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... at the Gold Coast last night. The five other finalists this year were Marc Bineham from Noall & Co; John Campbell from One Stop Financial Services; Michael Holmes from Johansen Financial Services; Steve Salvia from Southern Financial Strategies and William ...