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DiNapoli slams raid rumours

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
New York's State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, has issued a statement condemning press reports that he will allow New York's $150 billion-plus pension fund to balance the state budget. "There have been a number of outrageous and unfounded rumors ...

ANZ wealth income doubles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
ANZ Bank's wealth income has more than doubled to $420 million as the ING Australia business slots into the bank. ANZ' underlying profit for the half year ending March this year found the Australian wealth division's total wealth income rose from $199 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... weakness in the Japanese yen which buoyed exporters, and by investors looking to secure dividends before the financial year end. Shares in a broad swathe of sectors climbed on Friday, including chip-linked shares such as Advantest and Tokyo Electron ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
"Absolutely not!" "That will never happen to this country." This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's when ABC News asked if he was concerned over a possible downgrade of America's credit rating. Worries about the US credit rating made the headlines ...

EQT reopens small companies fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Equity Trustees and SG Hiscock have reopened their EQT SGH Wholesale Small Companies Fund after a hiatus. Equity Trustees is the Responsible Entity of the fund, while SG Hiscock is the investment manager. The move follows increasing interest from existing ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... due to the GFC can take heart that employers are once again opening their doors to new employees, even as the calendar year end approaches. Figures from the latest D&B Business Expectations Survey show that just under 15 per cent of employers were looking ...

PPM opens fund to more Australians

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
Boutique investment manager Private Portfolio Managers (PPM) is opening its doors to more investors through the PPM York Super Fund. PPM currently offers tailored individually managed accounts (IMA) investment strategies to investors looking to invest ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Three KPMG partners have been banned as registered auditors for periods ranging from nine to 24 months following ASIC's crackdown on their roles in the Westpoint collapse. ASIC has accepted enforceable undertakings (EUs) from three partners of KPMG's ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
Meredith Whitney is the name, don't wear it out! It took just one woman with gumption to whip Wall Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben ...