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Deutsche Bank appoints new head of equity

Deutsche Bank has appointed Ross Brown as the new head of equity research for Australia & New Zealand after Tim King decided to leave the role. Ross Brown has been with the company for nearly 10 years and is currently head of financial institutions ...

Super roll-over promoter to serve time

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
A Gold Coast superannuation scheme promoter has been sentenced to jail for his part in dishonestly advising clients on the use of rolling over preserved benefits and putting the funds towards the purchase of a home. Rocco Ferrantino entered a guilty ...

ASIC bans ex-Genesys adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned financial adviser, Mark Leigh Clifton, a former authorised representative of Genesys Wealth Advisers, from providing financial services for 10 years. Clifton was a NSW-based authorised ...

Former UBS head moves to Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse has appointed Marcel Kreis, formerly head of UBS Global Wealth Management in South East Asia and Pacific, as its new head of private banking Asia Pacific. Kreis will be based in Singapore and will report to Walter Berchtold, chief executive ...

One-third of US investors do not read their prospectus: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Research just released by the US-based Investment Companies Institute (ICI) reveals that investors in the US and Australia seem to be struggling with the same information frustrations. The findings from the research, conducted in February 2006 from ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a financial adviser associated with the failed Elm Financial Services group for three years for his part in convincing a couple to invest $1 million in a failed product. Sydney adviser ...

Former Westpac rep rips off $500k

A former Westpac Banking Corporation representative has received a permanent ban from providing financial services after being found guilty of misappropriating client money worth around half a million dollars. Former Westpac representative, David Jarrett ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as bargain hunters are expected to emerge after heavy falls through the month of May. The share market in May recorded a 4.9 per cent drop in the S&P/ASX200, month on month, the biggest recorded ...

Mezzanine finance under fire: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Two directors of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will face Adelaide District Court over alleged illegal activities concerning a mezzanine financing scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that Robin Poumako ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open strongly as a massive rebound on base metal prices, coupled with further gains in the precious metal and oil markets should ensure a resource-led recovery in the domestic bourse today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...