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Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Australia's criminal intelligence agency, the ACC is witnessing an increasing number of the illegal operations, with many organised crime rings - formerly involved in drug trafficking - now targeting investors, as the profits were better and there was ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
"Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run..." -- Beer Barrel Polka by Vejvoda and IngriA! Roll out the barrel cause the All Ords' on a run. Roll out the barrel, it's broken five thousand! It's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower flat after finishing above 5,000 on Wednesday and following gains on international bourses overnight. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down two points at 4,954. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
The Australian share market has briefly broken through the 5,000 point mark as a better than expected profit by Commonwealth Bank boosts sentiment. At 1030 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 39.8 points, or 0.8 per cent, at 4,998.8 ...

ASIC court order against Sydney adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained interim court orders against Sydney financial adviser Gabriel Nakhl. The orders restrain Nakhl from disposing of, dealing with or diminishing certain assets, except in limited circumstances ...

Investor 'fear factor' lowest in 40 months

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Australian investors are less scared then they have been in more than three years, and stock market return expectations are at a 20 month high. Research group Investment Trends today released the findings of its January 2013 Investor Intentions Index ...

ANZ appoints new chief risk officer for Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
ANZ has appointed Jennifer Evans as chief risk officer for Australia, it was announced today. Since 2010, Evans has held the role of chief risk officer for New Zealand where she had responsibility for wholesale and retail credit risk, market, operating ...

Insider selling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... also good news in Japan - BOJ Governor Shirkawa is stepping down three weeks earlier than the expiration of his term in April (hip, hip, more stimulus would come three weeks earlier) - and China - its services PMI jumped to a 4-month high in January. ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street after data showed that the US economy contracted in the fourth quarter last year. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points ...