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ASIC bans Tweed but can't stop off-market traps

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
David Tweed, the perennial off-market shareholder predator, has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from providing financial services. ASIC banned Tweed for his role relating to two offers to acquire holdings from ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
The US economy has received good news about the abatement of inflation with the release of consumer and producer price data showing that the consumer index fell by 0.5 per cent in September and that producer prices fell by 1.3 per cent largely as a ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
The recently released Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey showed that about a half of business executives expect prices to increase in the fourth quarter of this year and all sectors except wholesaling expect a negative growth in profits. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The possibility of an interest rate rise at the next meeting of the RBA increased last night when the governor, Dr Glenn Stevens, mentioned that the September quarter CPI figure due on 25 October would be a linch pin in the decision. Dr Stevens said ...

Lodestar absolute return fund awarded buy rating

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Research and ratings house InvestorWeb has given a 'buy' rating to the Lodestar Australian Absolute Return based on the "strong pedigree" of its investment team and their "disciplined" strategy. The fund, which runs a long-short concentrated portfolio ...

Adviser faces charges of pilfering $1.3m

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
A Victorian financial adviser has faced court over the misappropriation of around $1.3 million of clients' money. Matthew Leech faced Bendigo Magistrates Court for 18 charges of theft and dishonesty brought about following an Australian Securities and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
The Reserve Bank has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 6 per cent following the Australian Bureau of Statistics announcement yesterday that in seasonally adjusted terms retail sales increased by 0.3 per cent in August after the 0.5 per cent ...

Fidelity Aust Equities Fund upgraded on third birthday

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
Fidelity's Australian Equities Fund has had its rating upgraded by Morningstar after growing its local investment team and laying down a track record for its first three years. Morningstar has moved the fund to a highly recommended rating, up from investment ...

Smooth swimming for AUI Platypus

Six months on since wealth manager Australian Unity Investments (AUI) sealed a 50-50 joint venture with top performing boutique fund manager Platypus, the newly formed AUI Platypus Australian Equities Trust continues to beat the market. Speaking at ...

Financial Standard launches eFinancialCareers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
Financial Standard has joined forces with the specialist financial services recruitment group eFinancialCareers to launch FinancialStandard.eFinancialCareers. eFinancialCareers is part of the Financial News group operating in the US, the UK and now ...