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Apps disappoint despite vast tech spend

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
The problems consumers have encountered with mobile banking applications may inform the financial services industry as it looks to produce its own investment and superannuation apps. According to BanterMob director of mobile marketing and strategy Kelly ...

Former Citigroup broker convicted for insider trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
The Western Australia Supreme Court has convicted a former Citigroup broker for insider trading, following an investigation from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The broker, Colin Edward George Hebbard, of Gwelup, Western ...

Pengana AEq fund reaches $227m FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
The Pengana Australian Equities Fund reached $227 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) on the March quarter and achieved a return of 9.9%, net of all fees and charges. The returns beat the ASX200, which generated 8% and the RBA Cash Rate, which returned ...

ASIC charges former financial adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has charged a former financial adviser for failing to provide appropriate advice to clients. Kevin Maxwell George Whitting, of Rosebud, Victoria, provided inappropriate advice to five investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street. The June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,919 points, with 3,353 contracts traded. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Industry Group will ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... US housing rationale. Last night's report that S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values jumped by 8.1% in the year to January - better than the expected 7.9% gain and the most since June 2006, mind you - adds to those 'the housing market is strengthening' ...

Van Eyk buys Perpetual NZ Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
Investment research provider van Eyk has completed the purchase of Perpetual New Zealand Companies, which includes Perpetual Asset Management and Perpetual Portfolio Management. The acquisition will increase the van Eyk Group's consolidated gross annual ...

MFAA to terminate 1,100 mortgage brokers

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) could forfeit nearly half a million dollars in membership fees after it terminated 1,100 of its broker members who failed to meet its new educational requirements. All loan writing members had until ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Fed promise soothes Cyprus worries. These five words sum up the financial markets' performance while we slept. Good thing the US Federal Reserve's monthly FOMC meeting came when it did -- right in the midst of another bout of European contagion speculation. ...

PASF receives MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Professional Associations Super Fund (PASF) has received a MySuper authorization from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and will be offering it from July 1 2013. PASF has chosen to offer its Growth investment option under MySuper ...