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WA adviser receives jail sentence and reparations

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
A Western Australian man has been sentenced to over three years in jail by the Perth District Court, in a case brought by ASIC. A reparation order of $1.7 million was also made. On 26 September 2008, ASIC suspended the Australian financial services ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
It is being reported today that Treasury believe it was really former prime minister Kevin Rudd who saved Australia from the GFC and not the mining industry, but before we get too excited the analysis simply confirms that we don't just have a two-speed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Manufacturing has just had it's Gerry Harvey moment and no amount of pro-protectionist inquiries is going to help it wind back the clock to the lazy Australian economic daze of the 1950s. In January famed business entrepreneur Gerry Harvey fronted a ...

ASIC tightens advice advertising

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
Financial services industry faces tighter restrictions as ASIC releases a consultation paper and draft regulatory guide containing best practice guidance for the advertising of financial products and advice. Greg Medcraft, ASIC chairman, told media ...

Australian Capital Reserve directors plead guilty

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
The former directors of Australian Capital Reserve, the fundraising arm of Estate Property Group, have pleaded guilty to making false or misleading statements to obtain a financial advantage. Samuel Pogson and Murray Lapham each admitted to one charge ...

Liquidity strength in CTAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
Global hedge fund of fund investment firm, Financial Risk Management, finds liquidity and diversity in CTAs with volatility support in current alternative markets. Financial Risk Management (FRM) has introduced weekly liquidity for its FRM Sigma Fund ...

QSuper CIO joins the ASFA Board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed QSuper CIO, Brad Holzberger to their board, replacing Michele Dolin who stepped down as GESB CEO earlier this year. Holzberger has over 20 years experience in the financial services ...

US S&P president replaced

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
Devon Sharma, president of Standard & Poor's since 2007, has been replaced in the role by chief operating officer of Citibank, Douglas Peterson, three weeks after Standard & Poor's historic weekend downgrade of US sovereign credit. The McGraw-Hill Companies ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds worried about the cost of disclosing their portfolio holdings need to ditch their old legacy platforms, one of the world's biggest platform providers said yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) this ...