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Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... 1.1% as investors ignored a bad consumer confidence report and instead saw that housing was turning for the good. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 64.9 in May - the lowest level since the start of the year, less than expectations ...

Lazard faces losses on Hastie collapse

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... Australian banks had an exposure to the company, said Ian Carson, chairman of partners at PPB Advisory speaking at a media conference yesterday, with Hastie's total debt possibly as high as $500 million. McGrathNicol meanwhile have been appointed receivers ...

AFA and TAL launch Female Excellence in Advice Award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... Female advisers may self nominate or be nominated by 31 July 2012. The winner will be announced at the AFA National Conference in October 2012.

Sign on fees creating dealer group controversy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... we would never take advantage of that loyalty." Five Count practices moved over to BT Magnitude prior to the Count conference earlier this year. Following the conference, the number of practices which have moved is in dispute, with BT Financial claiming ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing. Medcraft's IOSCO term will begin when current chairman, Masamichi Kono, steps down in March 2013 and will continue ...

Potential for surprise financial crisis high

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... suggested in the International Monetary Fund's recent analysis, according to speakers at yesterday's Morningstar Investment Conference. The potential for a surprise financial crisis in Australia is higher than it's been for the past 20 years, according ...

China a good bet in the long run: Thawley

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... China's success in the long run, said Capital Group's Michael Thawley in a keynote address at Morningtar's Investment Conference. Thawley, senior vice president and international adviser, Capital Group, warned that political disquiet and increased national ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... to jump. But have no fear the Fed is here. The US Federal Reserve 's FOMC meeting - and Big Benny's subsequent press conference - scheduled for this week should provide markets with the much-needed guidance they're seeking. Will the Fed declare that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... stability Luci Ellis takes part in a panel discussion at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2012 Financial Markets Conference. In equities news, APN News & Media Ltd is due to hold an extraordinary general meeting for a shareholder vote on the proposed ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... spending. I don't have to remind you that the American consumer accounts for 70% of America's economy. But wait! Read the Conference Board's report on consumer sentiment and you'll find that it wasn't as bad as what the bloggerati make it out to be. ...