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Second Fincorp director not guilty

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Fincorp company director, Jacob Quigley, has been found not guilty, just four weeks after the firm's former chief executive was sentence to prison. Quigley, the former finance director of Fincorp Investments, was found not guilty of breaching his duties ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The Australian share market reversed direction to rise slightly higher to noon on Wednesday, boosted by the major banks. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 20.3 points, or 0.43 per cent, higher at 4,704.2 points, while the broader All ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Traditional wisdom leads many investors to avoid airlines. But some of the airline industry's top executives explained at an investment seminar on Monday how owning aeroplanes can be very profitable. Fund executives from Investec's Global Aircraft Fund ...

New tool for institutionals

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
A new web-based portfolio analysis tool has been released by London-based technology firm RBC Dexia Investor Services. The firm, which provides risk and investment analytics to institutional investors, today launched Investment Analytics - Interactive ...

Bank profits exceed 25 per cent

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
Australia's bank profit margins exceeded 25 per cent with the big four earning more than 80 per cent of total interest income, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority said in its Quarterly Bank Performance Statistics report today. The big four ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
The bad news just keep piling up don't they? And from the looks of them, they're everywhere. Let me take you to a bad news tour around the world Virginia, starting from our very own land DownUnder. If you're watching carefully, you'll notice that recent ...

AMP/AXA promises best of both worlds

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Practicality rules for the future platforms and products of newly-merged AMP/AXA, with the best features of both brands to be saved and developed. AMP has announced its plans today for the products and platforms under the new merged wealth management ...

AXA real estate bullish on Japanese debt

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
AXA Real Estate has illustrated its faith in the Japanese economy with the launch of a specialised debt investment vehicle, raising an initial Yen15 billion ($175 million). The primary investment into the vehicle has come from a Japan-based AXA Group ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
The Australian dollar was around a third of a US cent lower, as minutes from the central bank's May board meeting suggested a rate rise was not as imminent as the market was expecting. At 1200 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.49 US cents ...

Infocus names new head of compliance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
Infocus Money Management has appointed its own head of professional standards and compliance, Lyn Dixon, to support its 75 planning offices. Dixon, formerly manager of compliance and professional standards at ING Australia's Tandem Financial Advice ...