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Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
A former ANZ financial adviser was jailed for six years and three months for defrauding over $5.9 million over a period of 20 years. Melinda Scott will serve three years and ten months in jail before being eligible for parole, the NSW District Court ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... to the drop in oil prices and foreboding over the strong and strengthening US dollar. Total employment up 257,000 in January - more than expectations for a 230,000 gain and the 11th consecutive month of plus 200,000 increases - following upwardly revised ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite Wall Street losing ground after US stocks initially lifted on good jobs figures. At 0813 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points points at 5,758. ...

Zenith recommends Perpetual, Australian Property funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Zenith has given recommended ratings to the Perpetual Wholesale International Fund and to the AMP Capital Australian Property Fund (APF). The Perpetual Wholesale International Fund has retained Zenith's recommended rating following a change of the fund's ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... highfalutin way of saying, "oh-em-gee, growth won't live up to what PM Li likes, hold on to your heads". Perhaps, it was the January "the slowest in decades, the weakest in a quarter of a century, the missed target 7.4% GDP growth in 2014 headlines that ...

ASIC chair discloses travel expenses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft has revealed a $45,000 travel expense budget in the six months to December 2014. This figure includes expenses for Medcraft and his staff, and covers trips to London, Milan and Rio di Janeiro for meetings pertaining to Medcraft's ...

FEATURE: Understanding mFund

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
Offering instant diversification, professional management and exposure to assets not easily reached by individuals, managed funds represent a one-stop shop that's suitable for every type of investor. But despite these obvious benefits, the penetration ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Go ahead Glenn, make our day! That's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens to us, thank you very much and the day... the day is the Australian central bank's first meeting for 2015. Despite "Roubini Global urges RBA to hold interest ...

Financial services companies owe consumers $15m compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Financial services providers owe consumers about $15 million in unpaid compensation, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The latest edition of The FOS Circular reveals that since January 1, 2010, a total of 26 financial services companies ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Leeanne Turner's lifelong career in superannuation came about by accident. Growing up near Canberra, she had initially thought she'd like to be a teacher. But like many 20-year-olds, she decided to put that off for a while and travel to Europe. To do ...