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Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
OMG! We're in big trouble now - very...big...trouble. Didn't I tell you Virginia? Financial markets see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear? The Dow dropped by more than 100 points -- it's about one per cent in percentage terms but ...

Anderson appointed MD of Mercer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
David Anderson has been appointed managing director and market leader for Australia/New Zealand at Mercer, while the incumbent, Peter Promnitz, will now focus solely on his role as region head for Asia Pacific. Peter Promnitz has held the dual role ...

ANZ appoints Hogan as chief economist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
ANZ has appointed Warren Hogan as chief economist for Australia. Hogan joined ANZ in 2005 and has been acting chief economist since Saul Eslake left in August last year. He will report to acting managing director global markets, Rob O'Callaghan. Warren ...

Property developer gets jail sentence

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
Former property developer and mortgage broker, Samuel David Saunders, was sentenced two years and three months imprisonment with a non-parole period of 12 months after pleading guilty to seven ASIC charges. Saunders of Orange, New South Wales, was sentenced ...

GSJBWAM joins IFSA board

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
Ian Ward-Ambler, managing director at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, has been appointed to the IFSA board, replacing Anne O'Donnell, former managing director at Australian Ethical Investment, who has resigned. This announcement comes after Anne ...

Count buys DKN stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Count Financial has bought a five per cent stake in financial services solutions provider, DKN Financial Group, as financial planning groups continue their buying spree. The purchase, worth over $5 million in ordinary shares, means Zurich Financial ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Running of the bulls. Peppered with undeniably wonderful set of numbers, Wall Street couldn't have it any other way overnight. The Dow closed 1.2 per cent higher - the biggest daily advance in about a month - the S&P 500 surged 1.4 per cent and the ...

Bendigo head moves to ME Bank

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Jamie McPhee, former head of banking and wealth at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, is the new chief executive of Members Equity Bank. McPhee will be taking over the reins of ME Bank on 8 February, according to a press statement from the bank. McPhee is a ...

LKM directors blocked from leaving Oz

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
ASIC has successfully stopped Rolf Koops and Sandra Martin, directors of collapsed debenture scheme operator LKM Capital, which cost investors $63 million in losses, from leaving the country. The NSW Federal Court ordered that Koops and Martin be restrained ...

Citigroup Wealth Advisers broker banned

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
ASIC has banned Melbourne broker Mark McKenzie, previously employed by Citigroup Wealth Advisers, from providing financial services for three years. ASIC found that between 26 July and 8 August 2006, he possessed inside information regarding a possible ...