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New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Super funds and investors upset about the mining stocks plunge this week should shift their blame from the government and instead zero in on the miners themselves because it was their idea. In a 20-page submission to the Henry Review in November 2008 ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
What does it take to wipe out more than US$1,000,000,000,000 on Wall Street? Punching "B" instead of "M" on your keyboard. Panic set on Wall Street overnight as the Dow went into a freefall to record its worst ever intra-day drop of 998.5 points. Was ...

Aviva boost MLC and NAB Wealth numbers

NAB RESULTS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
The wealth management businesses of NAB posted strong half-year figures thanks to improved markets, higher funds under management and insurance sales, and the contributions from Aviva's wealth management business in Australia. The bank's net profit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, after a negative finish on Wall Street and weaker commodities prices during the offshore session. At 0703 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 54 points lower ...

Fundies caught in $5m heist

SFC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
Hong Kong's regulator moves to ban New York-based Tiger Asia Management from dealing shares in the country ever again after it caught the fund's directors guilty of insider trading - twice. Last August, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) applied ...

Macquarie targets specialist investments

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
Macquarie creates a new business team called Macquarie Specialist Investments, which will look after a suite of products under one roof including longevity solutions, investment lending and structured investments. According to a press statement, MSI ...

Managed accounts forum tackles key issues

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
From how new regulation favours managed accounts to practical ideas on how to use IMAs and SMAs, planners will hear from the industry's top guns at this year's Managed Accounts for Financial Planners forum. The event will feature industry experts from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
The Australian share market has received a mostly positive lead from the offshore session, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and silver prices firmer. But gold and copper prices were weaker. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

AFS considers sale offer

AFS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
The Australian Financial Services Group Ltd (AFS Group) has received an incomplete offer from an undisclosed buyer to buy all of the issued shares in the company. AFS chair Barry Stephen said that while the group remains committed to the planned IPO ...

Diversa appoints ex-Souls fundie

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Superannuation administrator Diversa has appointed Souls Funds Management co-founder Vincent Parrott as head of funds management for the Diversa Group. Parrott worked in leadership roles within the institutional funds management sector for AMP, SBC ...