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Adviser faces court on 22 charges

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Former WealthSure financial adviser, Brian William Veitch has appeared in court on 22 fraud charges, after he allegedly fraudulently transferred funds totalling $500,000 from seven client accounts without their knowledge or authority. These charges ...

Marathon assets under review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
At least $1.13 billion of superannuation assets are under review ahead of the imminent retirement of Jeremy Hosking, one of the three founders of Marathon Asset Management, in December. The UK-based fund manager, which has secured global equity portfolio ...

Adelaide adviser facing sentence

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Former Adelaide adviser Robert Owen Bean has appeared in court on 52 charges of engaging in dishonest conduct including accusations of misappropriating over $3.1 million of client funds. In May 2011, the corporate watchdog permanently banned Bean from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with resources companies leading the market higher amid broad-based gains. At 1030 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 36.3 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 4,349.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Harsh ASIC ban on Seagrim slashed

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
An ASIC ban on the directors of planning business Seagrims Pty Ltd has been reduced by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (ATT), allowing them to again work in financial services. Peter Seagrim and Anne-Marie Seagrim appealed to the independent appeals ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian sharemarket looks set to open one per cent higher after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced measures to help tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. At 0813 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

BlackRock loses $1.2 billion iPac Securities mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It is understood that the multinational investment management firm BlackRock has lost a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate awarded to them by iPac Securities. The mandate is comprised exclusively of Australian equities and has been in existence ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
It's her birthday and she'll cry if she wants to. Economic growth of 0.6% in the June quarter and 3.7% over the year marked exactly 21 years since Australia last experienced a recession. Yes folks, a year and 20! America has had 2 since then - Q1 to ...

Swift resolution sought on Storm trial

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
Lawyers representing ASIC, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and Bank of Queensland are expected to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow ahead of Federal Court proceedings on the 2008 collapse of Storm Financial. The meeting will attempt to negotiate a ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
We've peered through the Hole and we saw something - we think. Now it's the Europeans turn. Yes Virginia, the Europeans are back in town! And yes, Virginia, we can tell because we're hearing the same rhetoric from the usual suspects being replayed on ...