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Ipac buying spree continues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
Ipac Securities is eyeing the Cairns, Canberra, Gold Coast and South Australian markets for their next acquisitions as the dealer group focuses on buying financial planning businesses specialising in retirees. Ipac Securities, which has $2.1 billion ...

May sell or May stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
There is no doubt that today's media reports would - in one form or another - contain references to that old Wall Street adage, 'sell in May then go away'. Every time the fifth moon of the year is upon us, theories, studies and reports proving or disproving ...

Too much ado about pig flu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the waters, a pig comes along. And if you've been following the headlines and the pig stories you'll be scared - very scared. Wall Street grew fearful as the reported infection tally of people and countries ...

Out with the new old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
Headline: IMF warns worst to come, toxic debt to reach US$4,100,000,000,000. Yeah...yeah. Sure...sure. I am so scared. Wall Street ignored the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR). This is because while delivered ...

APRA declares hand on unlisted asset valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
APRA has unveiled how unlisted assets should be valued in light of the current markets and broke away from tradition when it outlined what it considers as 'bad practice'. "Valuations of 'appraisal based' assets can have a critical impact on members ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... to 3,604.4, while the broader All Ordinaries lost 61.4 points, or 1.7 per cent, to 3,554.2. NEW YORK - US investors put a stop to Wall Street's March rally with another day of losses, sparked by bad news in the auto sector and more uncertainty about ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... great powers is needed. As events of the past months have shown, individual governments working on their own have failed to stop the rot and restore confidence - consumer, business and investor. As events of the previous two-days have shown, equities ...

Storm subsidiary in liquidation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
Geelong-based Victorian Families Retirement Investment Group has been placed in "provisional liquidation" after its parent company Storm Financial called in the receivers. The group was placed into provisional liquidation by the Federal Court in Brisbane ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... restrictive credit conditions, speculation that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will announce a more aggressive program to stop the rot also contributed to Wall Street's cheery sentiment last night. Rumours were that the Fed would announce that ...

Seize the pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... between executive rewards and risks taken by companies," said Erik Mather, Regnan's managing director. "The time has come to stop talking about the problem and start fixing it." The proposals come at a time when shareholders are increasingly revolting ...