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ASIC bans "deceptive" planner for five years

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Corporate watchdog ASIC has banned a financial planner for five years after he tricked his clients with shonky advice which included arranging margin loans for them, it said today. ASIC said Ian John Weaver of Clear Island Waters, Queensland, broke ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Kelly says Australians won't be able to handle more than one interest rate rise for the remainder of 2011. In other corporate news, global media group News Corporation has maintained its earnings guidance for the 2011 financial year, after reporting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... closed heavily in negative territory on investor concerns about the effect of the strong local currency on forthcoming corporate earnings. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 40.7 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 4,784.6 points, while the broader All ...

Super funds win merger tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... waiting for." The superannuation industry is in an era of consolidation. Media Super is looking at joining forces with a corporate fund, First State Super is merging with Health Super and Westscheme is marrying AustralianSuper to create a $40 billion ...

Intersuisse adds senior roles to institutional desk

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... executive officer of Intersuisse. "Will and Colin will form a young yet experienced team backed by our highly regarded corporate and research offerings and cooperating with the Group's existing Equity Capital Markets activities led by Michael Laletas ...

Computershare gobbles up BNY Mellon shareowner services

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... a range of conditions, and if approval is not granted, Computershare will have to pay a break fee of US$30 million. Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving Australian companies billions of dollars worth of funds to spend. More than US$18 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... was muted ahead of a key policy decision by the US Federal Reserve, while dealers also had an eye on the release of corporate results in Japan, which began after the market closed. Tokyo gained 1.39 per cent, with the Nikkei up 133.15 points at 9,691.84. ...

Clients want commissions - AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Association of Financial Advisers. The AFA research, conducted by CoreData and sponsored by AIA Australia, surveyed corporate super and life insurance planning clients on their stance on commissions, rating their responses on how well current commissions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Nintendo, while auto firms were hurt by an outlook downgrade for Toyota, Nissan and Honda. Trade was edgy ahead of fresh corporate results this week and the US Federal Reserve's monthly monetary policy meeting, with investors looking to see whether it ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... company's ESG practices by environmental management, climate change, human and labour rights, supply chain labour standards, corporate governance and countering bribery. Ratings are risk relative and therefore indicate a company's ability to manage its ...