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Prosecution drops charges against Storm adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn its charge against former Storm Financial adviser Walter John Fullerton-Smith, following the death of a key witness. Fullerton-Smith faced a charge of making a false or misleading statement ...

Advisers confirm SMSF appetite for LICs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors are showing an appetite for listed investment companies (LICs) according to a new adviser survey. A survey of 30 advisers who attended a recent Perpetual roadshow, revealed that that 57% believe the growth of ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
So far so good. The men and women of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) must be giving each other high fives (and down lows) at their success. In spite of the daily ups and downs, it appears to they've been able to wean Wall Street off of QE ...

Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Sydney's time zone could see it become a hub for processing trades via the cross border trading link connecting Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to Omgeo executive director of industry relations Tony Freeman. The Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme ...

ASIC takes SMSF property spruikers to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has sought court orders against an unlicensed property investment promoter based in New South Wales. Park Trent Properties Group is carrying on an unlicensed financial services business and ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
"Clearly the most surprising feature of the Survey was the sharp jump in business conditions in October (the largest monthly increase in the history of the survey)." This was the first sentence in the 'Key Points' of the NAB Monthly Business Survey ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0823 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of ...

First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
First Super will vote against the re-election of two Commonwealth Bank (CBA) board members who served during the bank's financial advice scandal. The fund will use its vote at the forthcoming CBA annual general meeting on November 12 and will oppose ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days before Vlad left for China. On 5 November - a day after the Melbourne Cup and one day before the ECB policy decision - the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) announced the ...

Winners of advice research grants revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) has awarded the 2015 FPEC academic research grants to academics from Deakin University and the University of Western Sydney (UWS). Recipients of the grants will be awarded $5,000 each to support the research ...