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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 ...

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Demand for more infrastructure investment creates huge investment opportunities for super funds, and AustralianSuper intends taking a leadership role. The fund has not only announced intentions to appoint four major investment team leaders, including ...

Hung

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
By now many of you, fellow Australians, would have had enough of the commentaries, in-depth analyses, finger-pointing, spins, recriminations, soul searching, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera that preceded and followed last Saturday's Australian elections. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Fund managers are put on notice in a recent investment study that found a growing number of planners are placing their clients' funds into direct shares, ETFs, REITs and SMAs, leaving only a fraction of inflows into traditional managed funds. The survey ...

Planners fast track insurance processing through web

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
Straight through processing (STP) technology continues to assist financial planners with their insurance applications, new insurer data shows. CommInsure, which recently won the 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award at the 2010 Australia and New ...

Rainmaker unveils 2010 award nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
The 16th Rainmaker Marketing Symposium is to be held within weeks and will see the gathering of leading minds across the financial industry, and will feature an awards night to recognise the best in financial services marketing. Professionals from all ...

Great Southern legal battle continues

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers are progressing with their legal campaign against Great Southern, filing with the Victorian Supreme Court further allegations through a class action against the collapsed agricultural investment scheme manager. Formerly a ...

SGX improves bonds trading

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
The Singapore Exchange is hoping to lure more institutional investors to trade Singaporean bonds by improving the listing, trading and distribution of fixed income products. By the first quarter of next year, SGX expects to offer an on-exchange secondary ...