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Broker caught after $30m insurance scam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
New South Wales insurance broker Scot Weston has pleaded guilty to four charges of dishonest conduct. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges Weston, employed as an insurance broker by Hirtes Insurance Brokers at the time ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today on an indifferent lead from Wall Street, although base metal prices in London generally were higher, as were oil and gold in New York. At 0750 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Recent machinations within bond markets should remind all that a month is a long time in capital markets. Early March global yields were shifting south in excess of 18bp. While 10-year yields in Australia avoided such sharp falls due to a better performing ...

Singapore property a winner

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Property specialist LaSalle Investment has singled out Singapore as a key investment channel in the Asia-Pacific region and noted that the country's high grade commercial and retail properties will still enjoy solid growth despite the general market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after Wall Street stocks provided no clear lead, base metals generally were higher, and gold and oil were up up on Friday. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

New voice for SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
A new self managed super fund body, the Self Managed Superannuation Member's Association Ltd, was officially launched yesterday - the latest industry initiative to boost the SMSF sector. Established in August 2007, the association aims to help the SMSF ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher according to the March SPI futures index, and after New York staged a late rally to come back from falls that followed the Bear Sterns fire sale. In London overnight, base metals were significantly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on the back of a poor lead from Wall Street and a mixed metals market in London. At 0701 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was down 36 points at 5124. Today ...

FPA takes it to the grassroots

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has established the Future Financial Planners Council, made up of the country's key industry players, to raise awareness of the profession among university students. The Council will design marketing material ...

International value funds back in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
International value funds have been lying low for several years, but the sweep of panic wafting from the recent credit market turbulence has the funds gearing for a major comeback - with several US fund managers eyeing the Australian market. US investment ...