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Investor confidence shaken, and stirred

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Despite better economic numbers from the US and at home, Australians are less confident about their finances today than they were three months ago, a study found. The Suncorp Life Confidence Index fell 1.5 points fell from 60.9 in April 2010 to 59.4 ...

Former VFMC chief joins CP2

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Former Victorian Funds Management Corporation chief executive, Syd Bone, has been appointed chief executive of global infrastructure investment firm, CP2. Bone was chief executive of VFMC from 2004 to 2009. He was also former managing director of the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer on Friday as the Dow Jones industrial average closed higher in mixed trading on Wall Street. At 0712 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 24 points higher ...

ASIC reaches sixth Westpoint settlement

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
ASIC has reached another Westpoint settlement, this time against Barzen Pty Ltd (formerly Dukes Financial Services) and Joseph Dukes for $1 million. The settlement is subject to the approval of the Federal Court. If approved by the court, the Dukes' ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
"But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do." -- Peter Sarstedt We, mere mortals, watching the financial market's daily gyrations and the regular drip ...

Market Wrap - morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market has received a negative lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed lower and oil prices fell. At 0747 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 27 points lower at 4,550 points ...

NGS Super and Cuesuper to merge

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
NGS Super and Cuesuper plan to merge, creating a $3.5 billion fund with 90,000 members by April next year. Anthony Rodwell-Ball, chief executive of NGS Super, said one of the most important considerations is that both funds have similar membership profiles ...

Fully hedged funds are the past decade's winners: Zenith

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
In its recently released international shares sector report, Zenith Investment partners found that in the past decade, a fully hedged approach to currency exposure would have provided the best returns. During the decade, the Australian dollar appreciated ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Is this it? Is this the one? Is this the beginning of the end of uncertainty and the start of Wall Street's rebound to higher highs? Over the past oh so many months, we've seen strong daily rallies on Wall Street almost always followed by investors ...

SEC charges New Jersey with fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
The US financial watchdog has cracked down on the state of New Jersey for securities fraud pertaining to fake municipal bond offerings and underfunding two of the state's largest pension funds. Mid this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...