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Redundancies tipped at Plan B

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
Job cuts are predicted at Perth-based boutique wealth manager Plan B, if IOOF's proposed bid is successful. The Plan B board has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept the IOOF offer for 60 cents per ordinary share, in an off-market takeover ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
"C'mon baby light my fire..." That exactly was what European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia ...

BT launches EOFY tax tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
BT Wrap has launched an online tool for tax statements in response to adviser demand to make end of financial year processing times and statement delivery more seamless. The new online Estimator Tool sits on BT Wrap's website and is designed to support ...

Mariner calls it quits on Austock offer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Mariner Corporation has withdrawn its takeover offer for Austock after a "blatant attempt" to block its bid. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday Mariner Corporation said that the sale of the Austock property management business ...

Former investment company director pleads guilty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Former Queensland-based director of the purported investment company Tanoak Pty Ltd, Tania Michele Oakley has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges following an ASIC investigation. ASIC alleged that between March 6, 2007 and April 16, 2007, Oakley ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The management of the Australian Property Growth Fund is refusing to disclose its register of unit holders in defiance of an Australian Securities & Investments Commission order, said the directors of CYRE Trilogy. Bank of Queensland Chairman Neil Summersen ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
SYDNEY, July 20 AAP - The Australian share market has opened lower, despite a positive lead from Wall Street. At 1010 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 13.8 points at 4,192.9, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 13 ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission will not oppose the APA Group's proposed takeover of the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund. Market participants had expressed concern over the ramifications of the deal, but the Australian Competition ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The times, they are a-changin' - or more accurately, market sentiment is. The glass is no longer half-empty, it's half-filled and if leaks again, the Fed will be there to top it up. So half-full that our very own S&P/AX 200 index surged by more than ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SYDNEY, July 19 AAP - The Australian sharemarket has opened more than 1% higher following positive leads from overseas and a rebound in the local resources sector. At 1012 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49 points, or 1.19 per ...