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ASIC cracks down on MIS scammer

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
ASIC has turned its attention on a managed investment scheme (MIS) operator, James Kentwell Lovell, who allegedly fleeced $7.9 million from 200 investors, including self-managed super funds. On 29 July 2009, ASIC obtained interim orders in the Supreme ...

Wells Capital wins EM mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Wells Capital Management, an investment arm of Wells Fargo & Company, has been selected by Japan-based Nomura Asset Management to manage the firm's $1.1 billion Emerging Markets Consumer Stock fund. Wells Capital Management is sub-advising the fund ...

Gupta joins AMP Capital board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Ipac Securities co-founder, Peeyush Gupta, to the firm's board as an additional non-executive director. Aside from co-founding the financial planning group, Gupta was also chief executive at Ipac Securities for 12 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Monday, after US markets rose to a nine-month high overnight as manufacturing, housing and banking reports suggesting that the economy is gaining strength. At 0716 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

OptiMix appoints new managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
CrA(C)dit Agricole Asset Management, Investec Asset Management and MFS Investment Management are just three of the multiple new fund managers added to OptiMix's new investment manager line-up. CrA(C)dit Agricole, MFS, Investec, AllianceBernstein and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The Australian share market was higher at noon after strong leads from the US. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 46 points or 1.13 per cent at 4110.1, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 46.1 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 4118.7 points. ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
Several indicators published over the past few weeks point to a strong upward trend in residential property prices and a revival of investor interest in the sector. The RP Data-Rismark index shows that for the year to May, the average value of a house ...

Pension fund suffers million-dollar meltdown

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Super funds could learn a harsh lesson from a Philippines based pension fund, after a software meltdown cost the fund an estimated $120 million in damages and led to a court case against a contractor for libel. Information technology contractor Questronix ...

Hong Kong cracks down on Lehman Bros

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
Following last year's Lehman Brothers collapse, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has revealed there are still 930 cases involving the failed bank still under disciplinary consideration within the Chinese state. HKMA announced last Friday that there ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The Australian share market had extended its early gains at noon, up over two per cent, buoyed by the banks and miners. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 90.2 points, or 2.41 per cent, at 3,827.7, while the broader All Ordinaries gained ...