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SEC launches new divisions to protect investors

SEC RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... working properly. "These changes will help us focus on critically important institutions and financial products so we can stay ahead of the curve and better protect investors," said Meredith Cross, director of the SEC's division of corporation finance. ...

The octopus on fees versus commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... iPhone app based on Paul the Octopus is undecided whether adviser remuneration should tilt towards fee for service rather than stay with commissions as the default payment method. The Ask Octopus app was developed in Brazil by uTouchLabs and is available ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open higher as the second-quarter earnings season in the US got off to a positive start. After Wall Street closed marginally higher, aluminum maker Alcoa beat analysts' expectations and raised its forecast for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is likely to open the week moderately higher, after it received positive leads from major world markets on Friday. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was eight points higher ...

Australians frustrated with fin companies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
Australia's finance industry, including financial services, has the highest customer turnover following poor customer service, compared with telecoms, internet service providers and insurance, new research shows. A survey of 702 respondents by RightNow ...

S&P retains Perpetual fund ratings

S&P RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Standard & Poor's has kept its ratings on all Perpetual funds following the resignation of managing director, David Deverall. According to a statement, S&P is comfortable with the ratings because Deverall has no direct involvement in investment management ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... all-important monetary policy announcement. That was a non-event too. Interest rates remain the same - at near-zero-- and will stay that way for an extended period. Apart from some minor tweaks in each of the five paragraphs of "the statement," the message ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... turned increasingly dark and worries about the euro zone flared again. Support for the benchmark Nikkei had been expected to stay firm above 9,800, the level of its 25-day moving average, even after it failed to to hold above a chart retracement on Tuesday. ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... G-20 navigates through this dilemma. Will it opt for less debt and slower growth or... faster growth and bigger deficits? Stay tuned.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market has had mixed leads from offshore markets overnight, with Wall Street, gold and silver trading lower, while copper and oil prices were higher. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract ...