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Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... September 2012. The day the Fed promised to "increase policy accommodation by purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month... for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens". What happened ...

Citi appoints Sherry

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Citi has appointed former Australian senator and minister for superannuation, Nick Sherry, as senior advisor to its securities and fund services division. Based in Australia, Sherry will have a regional role supporting Citi's pension fund clients in ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... of their convictions." Concerns about the level of power wielded by consultancy firms prompted the first Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) review of the sector back in August. The industry highlighted a potential conflict of interest ...

Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... significantly," he said "As term deposit rates follow cash rates downwards we should probably expect a continued bid for securities with this characteristic, however we continue to believe this is an artificial distortion of security prices brought about ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... Poor's - you know the one, the credit-rater who gave what later turned out to be rubbish CDO's and other structured securities glowing AAA's back in the days; and the one the Federal Court of Australia found guilty of negligence and "misleading and deceptive" ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... risk/return spectrum, the Franklin Templeton Global Aggregate Bond fund invests principally in fixed or floating rate debt securities issued by governments and corporations worldwide and can have up to a 20% tactical allocation to high yield, bank loan ...

New funds on Emerald Wrap

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... Dalton. "We will continue to educate advisers that you don't need to forgo out-performance when investing in ethical securities, it's just another option for clients," said Dalton. The Emerald Wrap was launched late March 2012 by The Emerald Club, with ...

34 months prison for ex- GuardianFP adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... pleading guilty on 26 June 2012 to two counts of dishonest conduct in relation to financial services. An Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation discovered that Heathwood made 65 false insurance applications between August ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... Westpac added 28 cents to $25.45 and Commonwealth Bank put on 11 cents to $58.93. National turnover was 625 million securities worth $1.440 billion, with 351 stocks trading up, 366 down and 339 unchanged.

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... In equities news, Macmahon Holdings is due to hold its annual general meeting. National turnover was 185.8 million securities worth $750 million, with 164 stocks trading up, 334 down and 235 unchanged.