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ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched strike-off action against Brisbane-based TRADERS SERVICES, formerly known as Your Trading Room. While the current strike-off action relates to unpaid licence fees, reports allege that ...

ASX bolsters mid to small caps

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
The Australian Stock Exchange has proposed admission and listing changes designed to facilitate capital raising for mid to small cap companies, many of which are WA-based resource outfits. Released yesterday, the proposals focus on strengthening equity ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Australia will do to interest rates. Will they? Won't they? Cut interest rates, that is. They will, then again perhaps they won't. Yes, Virginia it's a 50-50 call. It's an even split right down the middle. Apart from being seen as a very brave soul in ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... Kansas City's monthly survey of manufacturing activity that found that manufacturing activity in the region remains solid. Yes, Virginia. Same old, same old. Nothing to write home about. How about I meet you at the pub say around 4PM? Or shall we make ...

Advisers told to rethink growth asset allocations

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Advisers should rethink growth asset allocations and prepare to protect portfolios against fiscal constraints, delegates heard at an industry event. These were two key messages from global investment manager PIMCO, delivered at yesterday's Adviser's ...

Market ripe for private equity

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
Institutions deleveraging to shore-up balance sheets is leading to a buyer's market for private equity, according to one provider. "In Europe alone the banks need to deleverage their balance sheets by 1.5 to 2.5 trillion euros," said Reto Schwager ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
Super funds will need to engage with lifecycling, rather than simply relying on rebranded default options, according to super heavyweight Jeremy Cooper. This was the message delivered to an industry forum yesterday by the chairman of retirement income ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, following a weak lead from US markets overnight. At 1010 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,298.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... Conference Board's report on consumer sentiment and you'll find that it wasn't as bad as what the bloggerati make it out to be. Yes, the index dipped to 70.2 in March but this was just in line with market expectations and better, the previous month's ...

Advisers should rethink China exposure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
Australian investors should think about price and the risk-return rewards of investing directly in China, according to one fund manager. "If you look at the Australian economy, it's very much a commodities economy and the growth and wealth generated ...