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ASIC bans client adviser for life

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
The regulator has banned a Brisbane-based former client adviser, Roy Ho, from providing financial services for life. Ho, who previously worked at Tricom Futures Services, now known as Stonebridge Futures Services, admitted to using nine client trading ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
Ohhh, I'm so scared! This was China's snap to Krudd's comment (threat?) that, "... the world will be watching how this particular court case is conducted.'' I refer to the trial and subsequent conviction of Chinese-born Australian citizen Stern Hu (head ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... is to appear in the Federal Court in relation to its attempt to split into two companies. On February 3, Justice Margaret Stone blocked the company's proposed split of its sugar and renewable energy business from the group's building products and aluminium ...

Wen has spoken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... manages the lower tier, using a high conviction approach Sneddon describes as "almost like owning the business". Meanwhile Stone Harbor Investment Partners will invest in emerging market debt, and PIMCO will run a mandate that will tactically rotate ...

MLC adds eight debt managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... Amundi Asset Management were all added to the portfolios. Franklin Templeton Investments, Shenkman Capital Management and Stone Tower Capital also received investment mandates from the firm. MLC added these eight managers, retained five of its original ...

ANZ buys RBS businesses for $687 million

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... and emerging affluent clients. Mike Smith, ANZ chief executive, said the acquisition of these RBS businesses is a stepping stone in the firm's regional strategy. "When we announced our super regional strategy in late 2007, we said that execution would ...

Adviser education bar too low

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... specialises in risk, estate and succession planning for the SME market, said that a Bachelors degree is merely a stepping stone in an adviser's career - the real test and professional development comes from experience. "Education remains a given, I think ...

QSuper bulks senior investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
QSuper has appointed former QIC head of portfolio design, Damian Lillicrap, as head of strategy and Herbert Chang as head of capital markets. Lillicrap and Chang, together with head of funds management Charles Woodhouse complete the roster of senior ...

Beware the tiny URL

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
Online criminals are leaving no virtual stones unturned - targeting finance professionals who are Twitter-happy as their next victims. The popularity of Twitter has given rise to so-called tiny URL links, often used in Tweets to refer to articles or ...