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WA rep banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
ASIC has permanently banned Jason William Cox, of St James, Western Australia, from providing financial services. The banning follows Cox being sentenced in January this year to two years and four months jail with parole, for 24 counts of fraud. It ...

ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
Local credit rating agencies must hold an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence, properly manage conflicts of interest that arise and ensure employees are adequately trained from January next year following regulatory changes. The Australian Securities ...

AXA IM appoints head of Asia Pac

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has appointed Jean-Pierre Leoni as head of Asia Pacific and plans to expand its sales team in the region. It is understood Leoni replaces Anthony Fasso, former chief executive of AXA Rosenberg Asia Pacific and AXA IM ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
The Australian stock market has received negative leads from overseas, with Wall Street's key stock indices lower and commodities prices weaker. At 0813 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was down 33 points ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
Flat. This was how Wall Street ended while we were sleeping after climbing non-stop for six straight days. With the investment environment still fluid, investors decided last night to exchange some of their paper profits on equities and commodities ...

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The latest ruling against three people posing as "financial advisers" when they weren't licensed as advisers at all exposes the flaw in the current legislative regime where unlicensed professionals can operate outside strict compliance laws Marianna ...

Perkovic moves from Count to CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
Marianne Perkovic, has left her role as chief executive at Count Financial, to join Colonial First State as general manager of distribution. Perkovic worked at Count Financial for over 11 years across several management roles including general manager ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
The Australian market has received a strong lead from US securities trading on Wall Street and gold again was higher, although other metals and oil were lower. At 0818 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was ...

AMP Capital hires Barnes as senior portfolio manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
AMP Capital Investors has hired former JPMorganChase global portfolio manager, Greg Barnes, to a new role as senior portfolio manager of Australian equities. Barnes has more than 20 years investment experience, spending eight of those years at JPMorganChase ...

AMP eyes seasoned planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
As the war for talent continues in the planning sector, AMP extends its training program, initially designed for career switchers, to a new program that could appeal to experienced planners keen to start their own practice. The new program is launched ...