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Van Eyk ventures into NZ

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
Van Eyk Research has taken its first major step into the New Zealand market with the signing of AMP Financial Services New Zealand as an anchor client. Van Eyk chief executive Mark Thomas said the firm has watched closely the emergence of the Kiwi Saver ...

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
The latest ruling against three people posing as "financial advisers" when they weren't licensed as advisers at all exposes the flaw in the current legislative regime where unlicensed professionals can operate outside strict compliance laws Marianna ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket was about 1.5 per cent higher at noon with stronger resources stocks leading gains across all sectors. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 70.1 points, or 1.51 per cent, at 4720.5 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Economist and AFR columnist David Bassanese is banking on the popularity of exchange traded funds (ETFs) when he set up his new ETF research and consulting business for financial planners and self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Bassanese opened ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open in positive territory after US stocks finished mostly higher overnight. At 0700 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 22 points at 3,790. In company news ...

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... and you have the makings of a turnaround. Yes there are still problems. Some greedy bank or institution might suddenly discover it still has not reported the big losses in its books. But isn't this what international institutions and national governments ...

Henderson Maxwell moves to managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Financial planner Sam Henderson discovered a decision he made 12 months ago to set up a managed accounts service for clients is paying off. Speaking at Financial Standard's managed accounts seminar early this month, Henderson said that using managed ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
2009 will be the Year of Africa if Pope Benedict the XVI has his way. Chances are, given the way the global community is now suffering from its greed-infected wounds, he may not have long to wait. Despite all the technological advances, medical discoveries ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is keeping the ban on covered short selling of financial securities until the end of May. According to ASIC, the regulator weighed up the continued volatility in global financial markets and ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... other stimulus programs already enacted around the world are quietly working in the background, financial markets would discover many other poisons to choose from.