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Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Are they back? Yes them, all those who sold in May and went away? This was my first thought after I clicked through the closing numbers on Wall Street and Europe this morning. For what I saw was good - their respective equity indices jump by over 1.0% ...

Wilson HTM deals to Mariner concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Wilson HTM is currently working through a strategic plan which addresses all concerns raised by Mariner Corporation over its recent performance, said chief executive Andrew Coppin. A scrip offer was made yesterday for two Mariner shares for every three ...

ASIC cancel advice firm's AFS licence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based Australian Performance Financial Planning, effective immediately. In April, the corporate regulator suspended the company's licence because it had been had been put under ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
They just won't stop coming, do they? Yes them, the bad news. This time it came courtesy of the World Bank (WB). The WB went on a chopping spree - slashing its growth outlook for the Asia and the Pacific region to 7.2% this year and 7.6% in 2013 - down ...

ANZ fined over futures contracts

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
ANZ was last week fined $US350,000 by commodity regulators in the United States, after exceeding speculative position limits in wheat and cotton futures contracts. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said ANZ had exceeded speculative ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... find that the latest Conference Board data showed consumer confidence jumped to 70.3 in September - the highest since February (hey, that was the time when nearly all indicators were coming in better than expected, weren't they?) - from 61.3 in the previous ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly weaker, with concerns over Germany's business confidence and euro zone debt weighs down investor sentiment. At 1027 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 10.9 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,374.6 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher, despite a mixed performance in overseas stocks markets. At 0835 AEST on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,417 points. The local market on finished lower on ...

Adviser faces court on 22 charges

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Former WealthSure financial adviser, Brian William Veitch has appeared in court on 22 fraud charges, after he allegedly fraudulently transferred funds totalling $500,000 from seven client accounts without their knowledge or authority. These charges ...