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More steam from NY rally: Melb Inst

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The GPS-Melbourne Institute Shareholder Confidence Index rose by 12.7 per cent in February, which indicates that the New Year share market rally might have further steam, the Melbourne Institute said. The February index reached 102.8 points, its sharpest ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s latest report on the supervision of markets and participants shows that the regulator has significantly reduced the time it takes to start investigations of suspicious market conduct. Of ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Ouch! No, that's not the sound of the equity markets hurting from the sell-off of yesterday. It's yours and truly, kicking myself on the backside for not correctly pinpointing the catalyst to the correction that I've been warning about in recent days. ...

Insurance broker pleads guilty to theft

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Insurance broker Bruce Wickett pleaded guilty to stealing close to $700,000 of clients' money over a seven month period. Wickett of Frankston, Victoria, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with three counts of theft totalling $662,198.39 ...

Hunter Hall repositions fund

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Hunter Hall has said that changes made to its Australian Value Trust fund, which posted the second lowest result in a recent survey, will mean that it is judged more accurately. It was reported yesterday that the Hunter Hall Value Trust fund finished ...

US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Call anyone... except the credit rating agencies. That's who. You probably haven't noticed - or simply didn't care - but Fitch Ratings is about to do a Standard & Poor's. Fitch ...

Colonial First State wins $500m in Russell mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has been handed $500 million worth of mandates across Australia, the US and Canada after Russell Investments included it on its Global Listed Infrastructure multi-manger platform. Colonial First State Americas ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
"Problems, problems, pro-o-o-o-blems They won't be solved until I'm sure of you-o-ou..." -Everly Brothers That's' right dynamite, the myriad of problems in the financial markets that haunted investors everywhere appears to have gone the way of 2012 ...

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning open for business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Mortgage Choice has launched its new financial planning business with the opening of two franchises. The company first announced its intent to enter the financial planning space in August 2011 and this latest move marks the start of a soft-launch process. ...

Clients favour modular advice

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Most clients don't want a long, face-to-face interview with their financial planner and business models should change to better meet their needs, research shows. Investment Trends surveyed 1,375 Australian adults in August through to September this ...