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Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
"Is QE3 enough to save America's economy?" The Economist magazine posed this question to its readers over the weekend. So far, the nays have it - 78% of them think QE won't cut it - because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that ...

Glimmer of hope for house prices

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Median house prices across Australia's capital cities increased over the June quarter by measly 1.4%, with other dwellings up 0.6%, according to the latest data from the Bendigo Bank/REIA Real Estate Market Facts report prepared by the Real Estate Institute ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
Australian shares have opened slightly higher as investors remain cautious ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting and a German court decision on the eurozone debt rescue fund. At 1018 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.5 points ...

Market wrap morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 4,342. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the June quarter ...

Bendigo and Adelaide bank execs loose bonus

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
The senior executive team at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has taken a pay cut, with bonuses withheld in light of this year's profit drop. The bank's annual report released yesterday revealed that no short term incentives had been paid to its executives ...

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 ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
This is it folks. This week's the week when we find out whether or not dear Uncle Ben would be donning a cape and wearing his underwear outside his pants and do a Super Mario. Most financial marketeers were convinced he talked about it last month at ...

Mercer Super Trust focuses on mobile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Mercer Super Trust plans to launch a mobile site by the end of the year, and move to an app environment for members in 2013. The move follows member research from June this year which found that 40% of people surveyed rated access to super information ...

New CEO for Sydney de-sal after June refinance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
The Sydney Desalination Plant has appointed former Queensland Coordinator-General Keith Davies as chief executive officer. The appointment was effective August 27 and follows the June 2012 refinance of the operation by the NSW State Government which ...

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 ...