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Goldman Sachs pay $620m to settle SEC lawsuit

SEC RELEASE, BLOOMBERG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
Goldman Sachs & Co has paid the US regulator more than $620 million (US$550 million), the largest penalty ever levelled against a financial firm, for allegedly misleading investors regarding the deals behind its sub-prime mortgage product. Goldman Sachs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
The Australian share market has received a modest negative lead from offshore markets as Wall Street traders examined the details of an overhaul of the US financial system and Goldman Sachs' settlement of fraud charges. At 0735 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
h no! Wall Street has run out of puff. Wall Street ended flat overnight after seesawing for much of the trading day. In case you start getting an attack from the jitterbug once again, have no fear... nothing much has really changed. After six days of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
Australian markets have received mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. At 0744 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 16 points lower at 4,429. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Westscheme overhauls intl equities portfolio

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Westscheme has released its revised overseas developed equities fund manager lineup after dropping BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors from the portfolio. The super fund appointed AQR, PanAgora, MFS and Realindex to manage $450 million in equity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
The Australian share market is set for a strong opening after Wall Street and European markets surged on encouraging corporate earnings reports in the US. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 69 points ...

Coding error review prompts sell rating

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Standard & Poor's Fund Services has rated the AXA Wholesale Global Equity - Core fund as a "sell" after the final review from AXA Rosenberg about the mishandling of a coding error, which ultimately led to the group founder's resignation and demotion ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou Asia is up, Europe is up, Wall Street is up... for three days straight. But what has changed? Nothing really except for investors and speculators getting ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Growth or recovery, slowdown or double dip? This is the question that's been bugging financial markets in recent times. This is all well and good but the problem is markets appear to be talking themselves down and are busy at work desperately searching ...

SEC hunts BP oil spill scammers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
Looking to make a quick buck out of the US' Gulf of Mexico oil spill debacle? Think again - the SEC is cracking down on oil spill stock scams targeting investors to chip money into false cleanup strategies. The oil spill in the US has heralded more ...