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Financial Standard signing off for 2006

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
This is the last daily news from Financial Standard for 2006 and we wish all our readers a very happy and safe Christmas and a prosperous - and profitable - New Year. Our daily news will commence again on 17 January 2007 but the Financial Standard team ...

ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
David Tweed, the perennial off-market shareholder predator, has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from providing financial services. ASIC banned Tweed for his role relating to two offers to acquire holdings from ...

What savings problem?

Australians are saving more and spending less against rising fuel costs and other living expenses, according to a Commonwealth Bank survey released yesterday. The survey found that seven out of 10 Australians are topping up their savings accounts regularly ...

Hands off our turf: Westpac

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... Day holiday in the US. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index rose, outperforming other European indexes, as investors sought a safe haven in mining stocks after North Korea's nuclear test and shares in oil producers rose on supply worries. The FTSE 100 closed ...

Banks to fund consumer IT security: Symantec

... fetched to suggest that banks, and even other financial product providers, will ultimately be responsible for providing a safe and secure IT system for their clients. But dig deeper and the idea makes a lot more financial sense. "If a client loses $4,000 ...

Fincorp launches safety-first income fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
Funds management and property development business Fincorp Group has announced the launch of its Enhanced Income Fund which aims to deliver a return to investors of 8.5 per cent per annum. The unlisted unit trust will invest in a portfolio of commercial ...

UniSuper revises major mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
UniSuper has announced sweeping changes to its public markets portfolio on the back of a detailed review of major asset classes. Head of public markets, Paul Laband, headed a specialist team responsible for reviewing the key listed asset classes of ...

AMP FP patches up the cracks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... for all the wrong reasons of late, but behind the hype they have been toiling in earnest to make their business regulator-safe while remaining adamant that the quality of AMP planner advice is sound. AMP FP hit the headlines on 26 July after entering ...

Scam targets ethnic community

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned investors to be wary of investment schemes targeted at specific communities after it acted to shut down a scam targeting the Australian Chinese community. ASIC investigations uncovered ...