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May Day happy day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
You just gotta love this market, don't you think? It's swung from May day mayday to May day happy day in a span of less than 24 hours. Must be all those algos reading those cheery headlines overnight: US Jobless Claims Fall To 5-Year Low (WSJ) ECB 'ready' ...

Insto investors bullish on equities: EIU survey

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Institutional investors expect the highest returns from equities this year, as government bonds are increasingly called into question. An Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey of 730 senior institutional investors in Australia and around the world ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more...We must be over the rainbow!" -Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) And if not, we're surely on our way...and a pot of gold awaits (the metaphorical one of course, not the metal that's now in a bear market). Forget ...

Former SMSF adviser sentenced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
A former self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) adviser was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of lodging a false statement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Craig Gerard Dangar was convicted and released subject ...

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' ...