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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks slipped on lingering concerns about the health of the financial system. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract lost 37 points, or 0.75 per ...

ASIC bans three Westpoint planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... Westpoint investments to clients. According to ASIC, between 2002 and 2004, Walters told clients Westpoint products were "safe" and "guaranteed by Westpoint assets" while working at Brighton Hall Securities. Meanwhile, former Victorian based financial ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Property experts predict the LPT sell-off will trigger a price correction in the direct property market but at least when the dust settles, super funds should enjoy illiquidity premiums not seen in years. Latest Rainmaker Data shows the performance ...

Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... provide support to those affected - from drought relief solutions for agribusiness to financial support for access to clean and safe drinking water in rural areas of Fiji," noted a statement on the Westpac website.

Term deposits competition heats up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... our platform's overall strategy. We have responded by adding term deposits as more defensive asset to provide investors a safe haven from the storm in the markets," said Nick Everingham, IOOF head of product and marketing. The IOOF term deposit also ...

Deloitte warns against split regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
Deloitte supports the federal government's Green Paper on financial services and credit reform but warned against separately regulating mortgage and non-mortgage lenders. Phil Hardy, Deloitte banking and finance specialist, said the firm was concerned ...

ASIC bans Westpoint planner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... 2002 and April 2004. The regulator found Liddicoat misled and deceived clients when he described Westpoint investments as "safe" and "sound" and distributed outdated product research that implied the risk rating on the investments had not changed over ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... outskirts of mainstream asset classes - but industry players are now putting more money into the sector as investors seek a safe haven from poor returns. According to RARE Infrastructure, institutional investors in particularly have been keen to take ...

FTSE100 shines in ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
FTSE100 companies received the thumbs up from an ethical investment researcher, which found a four-fold increase in UK companies with 'exceptional' green policies last year compared to four years ago. For the past three years, FTSE100 companies on the ...

Adviser goes to jail for $1.5m fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... of Gosnells City Council. "Many of those who invested with Mr Pisano were trusting local residents who were simply seeking safe investments for money which would be of great importance to them later in life," said ASIC executive director of enforcement ...