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Bonnie and Clyde team caught for fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... gave White unlimited access to the fund's account. ASIC alleged White then transferred over $425,000 from his investors' accounts to his own account for his own use. Some of White's victims lost almost all of their superannuation, including those approaching ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... on the month and 7.7 per cent over the year. This is certainly a negative report especially because consumer spending accounts for over two-thirds of the economy. But note that the monthly retail sales data are volatile - even during the boom of yesteryears. ...

Pension deficits worsen for FTSE 100

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... value. Out of the 100 companies, only 22 companies disclosed a pension surplus in their most recent annual report and accounts. Meanwhile the FTSE 100 pension schemes' flight out of equities into bonds continue. The average pension scheme asset allocations ...

Instos search for cash alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... in very strange ways. [In some cases] an investor that has around $5 to $10 million, has set up five to 10 $1 million accounts," he said. "These organisations thought it was a great idea until they started to get their statements and had to do the work ...

DNR scores AMP mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
Managed accounts specialists Dalton Nicol Reid has picked up three dealer group mandates in the last month, including one from AMP. Jamie Nicol, chief investment officer of DNR, said that there's no doubt that the managed accounts market is booming ...

SIPPs back their expertise

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... a SIPP account because they felt they could do a better job at managing investments than a pension fund manager. SIPP accounts are similar to a self managed super fund (SMSF) where investors are in control of the asset allocation of their retirement ...

BGL opens Portal for accountants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... statements, income tax returns, investment reports member documents and investment strategies. "We've had web access to our accounts for years but we've never had anything that publishes all the documents automatically and updates online," said Ron Lesh ...

Precious metals ETCs in vogue

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... platinum, palladium or a precious metals basket have been made available to Australian investors through ordinary brokerage accounts. "Investors are still troubled by the sharp slowdown in the US economy and faltering financial system, leading to a surge ...

May sell or May stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... could prove rewarding for investors who decide to stay. Not least of which is the now well-sliced and diced US National Accounts that showed the return of the American consumer in the March quarter. And before this, strengthening economic indicators ...

Life insurers post 18 pc plus growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... cent growth respectively. AIG Life may have posted high levels of growth in risk premium inflows but the firm's business accounts for just over five per cent of the risk premium market. The risk premium market is still dominated by CommInsure, ING Australia ...