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ASIC suspends advice firm for three months

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended a boutique financial planning practice for three months after it failed to comply with its compliance obligations. Protect Ensure, with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, has had ...

Van Eyk finds buyer for NZ business

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
A New Zealand-based independent financial advice firm is completing the final steps to acquire van Eyk's New Zealand business. Sources from van Eyk's administrator Moore Stephens confirmed to Financial Standard that advice firm Saturn Portfolio was ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Making potentially misleading statements in a product disclosure statement (PDS) has seen National Australia Bank (NAB) get a $10,200 penalty from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator was concerned that the PDS ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
an you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? The heebie-jeebies, that is, coz it's October. September maybe the month which, on average, is the worst month of the year but October - few and far between they may be - is the month of spectacular ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after disappointing economic data, including a big drop in US consumer confidence. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
The Australian share market is flat in sporadic trading that was expected on the final day of the September quarter. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said that hedge funds and large fund managers were balancing their books in line with trading strategies ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Have dip... will buy. That's last week's story on Wall Street - the big dip on Thursday followed by a rebound the next day - and only because I got tired (as you too probably have) of hearing of what's developing to be Wall Street's 2014 anthem - Chumbawamba's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street on a strong Nike earnings report and a rally in Apple shares. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,313. Locally ...

Van Eyk administrator optimistic of finding buyer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The future of van Eyk Research must be determined before the end of October but the stricken consulting and research firm's administrator remains optimistic a buyer will be found after receiving a number of expressions of interest. A committee of creditors ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
Low economic growth and wavering investment confidence in the wake of the global financial crisis has turned a stampede of investors onto the portfolio boosting benefits of income-paying investments. But understanding the many options available can ...