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ASIC targets Brighton in Westpoint swoop

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
ASIC has filed a court application to commence proceedings against Brighton Hall Securities as part of its latest Westpoint crackdown. ASIC announced yesterday that it had filed an application for leave in the Federal Court in Perth to commence proceedings ...

Seniors are tech savvy: survey

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Super funds may want to rethink how they communicate to older Australians after a survey found 96 per cent of those over the age of 50 own a mobile phone and a similar number use SMS. A National Seniors Australia survey of more than 2,700 Australians ...

October - an E (entry/exit) point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
September 2009 bucked the historical norm - that of being the weakest month of the year for stocks - but October started with a bang that scared the thundering herd of bulls. My oh my, just imagine the extrapolations this could engender? Equities sold ...

AXA announces Value of Advice winners

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
AXA has recognised five practices across five states in its inaugural Value of Advice Awards. Planwell Financial Group, Rothgard Financial Partners, PSK Financial Services, Sage Financial Group and Minerds Bell Consultancy Group were recognised in the ...

F1 scandal forces ING to dump Renault early

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
ING has terminated its global sponsorship of the Formula One Renault Team early as fallout continues to dog the sport and the sponsors following the Renault F1 cheating scandal. An investigation into a plan to deliberately crash at last year's Singapore ...

The long and short of bulls and bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
Yesterday, I engaged in ping-pong with three of the fresh thinkers in the investment industry. Email ping-pong, that is. Discussions of Stella (the beer), cognacs and cigars aside, D.R. Beare - not his real name - opened serve with an email bagging ...

Treasury buys stake in two boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Treasury Group has expanded its boutique line-up, investing in absolute return manager AR Capital Management and Scotland-based global thematic equities manager Aubrey Capital Management. The deal means Treasury Group will own 30 per cent of each fund ...

BT ramps up SMSF offering

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
BT is keeping an eye on the growing SMSF sector, improving BT Wrap to include more SMSF-centric functionalities. Craig Lawrenson, national manager BT Wrap Product and Strategy, said the growth of SMSFs present an enormous opportunity for the financial ...

BOBisms

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
BOB has spoken and what financial markets heard was good. BOB, of course, stands for Bernanke, Obama and Buffet. But go back to yesterday's news and carefully read or listen to what the 'three wise men' uttered. Go on. Read again. Listen again. Was ...

ASIC reviews prospectus disclosure of CRAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
ASIC has released a discussion paper that proposes strict conditions on how credit ratings should be reported in prospectuses in an attempt to enhance protection to retail investors. "ASIC is seeking public comment on whether to withdraw current class ...