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IOOF and AWM merger set to go

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
Australian Wealth Management Limited (AWM) shareholders have approved a proposal for the company's merger with IOOF Holdings Ltd (IOOF) - with an overwhelming 99.7 per cent of the votes cast in favour of the merger. While the merger remains conditional ...

MIR takes up Charles River

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
MIR Investment Management has adopted all Charles River Development's Investment Management System modules and the financial services software provider's global electronic trading network. In 2006, the Australian based asset manager implemented Charles ...

West Pymble adviser charged

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The Supreme Court of New South Wales today sentenced Stephen Lewis Matthews of West Pymble, Sydney, to six months imprisonment for contempt of court. On 25 February 2009, Matthews was found guilty by Justice Barrett of contempt of court for breach of ...

RaboPlus cuts fee on BT fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
RaboPlus has cut the brokerage fee on the BT Wholesale-Imputation fund by 50 basis points to 0.25 per cent during this month. The news follows RaboPlus adding nine BT Investment Management wholesale funds to the firm's platform in November last year. ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Wall Street retreated last night apparently shocked at reports of an unexpected fall in US retail sales. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 1.1 per cent in March with sales ex-autos declining 0.9 per cent. Expectations were for ...

Charged for no AFSL

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
ASIC has commenced proceedings against four former Queensland directors who dealt in financial products, including Westpoint promissory notes, without an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Barry William Silver, of Arundel, Robert Peers Button ...

Veljkovic caught for super crimes

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Melbourne man Karl Heinz Veljkovic has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment in relation to the misuse of superannuation funds. The Court ordered that six months of the total sentence be served concurrently. Veljkovic, of Beaconsfield, Victoria ...

Holzberger stays at QSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
Former QIC deputy chief executive, Brad Holzberger, has been named QSuper's chief investment officer. This announcement follows QSuper hiring Holzberger as the fund's interim chief investment officer at the end of November last year. Holzberger joined ...

GFC Problem solved

Game over. Problem solved! With a stroke of a pen and an extra US$1,000,000,000,000 the leaders of the G20 have ended the global financial crisis. Not so fast. The rally that started in the Asia Pacific time zone extended to Wall Street overnight, with ...

MSCI Barra ups liquidity reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
MSCI Barra is proposing to review liquidity across MSCI Global Investable Market Index constituents across developed and emerging markets on a quarterly basis instead of half yearly as part of the firm's plan to deal with the credit crisis. In addition ...