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ASIC scorecard shows mixed results

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
A new survey shows ASIC has generally worked well in managing the impact of the GFC in Australia - but respondents think the regulator was not as effective in protecting retail investors. More than 1,500 respondents were asked for their views about ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
US-based Berkshire Capital, which provides merger and acquisition services to investment and wealth management firms, has landed in Sydney - and appointed former BT chief executive Ian Martin as vice chairman, Asia Pacific. Berkshire Capital - not associated ...

ASIC slaps tough penance for fin services misconduct

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
In a landmark case, a young broker charged with multiple counts of insider trading has received a four-and-a-half year jail sentence, the highest sentence on record for that offence in Australia. On December 2 John Joseph Hartman, 25, of Mosman, New ...

Bite sized super at Telstra

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
The $10 billion-plus Telstra Super launched a series of short and sharp informative web videos for members to get involved with their super. Telstra's 'Super Bites' videos run between two and four minutes each and feature members of the fund's education ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
"It's always darkest before dawn." This axiom came to mind as I watched Wall Street recouped its previous day's losses. Everything that could go wrong appeared to have gone wrong yesterday. There was shelling in the Korea's. Ireland's acceptance of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving overwhelmingly positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0727 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 42 points higher at 4,628. In economics news, the Australian Bureau of ...

AustralianSuper to hit $110bn by 2020

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
AustralianSuper intends to triple its funds under management from the current $33 billion to $110 billion in the next ten years using a five-pronged growth strategy, including buying and merging with other super funds. Paul Schroder, general manager ...

Clouds gather in financial services

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
Financial services software group IQ Business Group (IQ) responds to regulatory concerns against 'cloud computing' in financial services and says the widespread use of cloud systems is a sign of the times. IQ came forward after the Australian Prudential ...

Insurance drives new client wins: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
An annual financial adviser survey shows that nearly half of advisers' total risk income this year came from new clients, giving fresh evidence that risk-related advice is core to a typical financial planning business. The CoreData Risk Study 2010 ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
What's seemingly wrong at the beginning of last week became whole again - maybe - by the close. Fears that China would impose measures to extract excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. ...