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Man charged in multi-million dollar fraud

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
Bandidos, a former J.P.Morgan employee and a multi-million dollar swindle of the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme - one man has so far pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge in a $150 million bank fraud case. According to reports from the Sydney ...

Babson closes five CLOs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
US fund manager Babson Capital Management has closed five collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) with more than US$1.7 ($1.9) billion under management. According to a press statement, Victoria Falls CLO, Diamond Lake CL., Clear Lake CLO, Summit Lake ...

Insurance rep banned from fin services

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
Insurance representative Terrence Wayne McDonald has been banned from providing financial services for 10 years following an investigation by ASIC. McDonald, of Portland, Victoria, was banned after ASIC found that he had not complied with financial ...

Vice fund underperforms S&P 500 by 13pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
Tobacco, alcohol and gaming sounds like a rock star life but investors in a fund that targets these industries aren't exactly crowd surfing their way to financial bliss. The US-based Vice fund identified stocks across tobacco, alcohol, gaming and aerospace/defense ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
New data, same message. Wall Street remains in the waiting room. Last night's economic updates really didn't do it for Wall Street as it continues to gnaw on its fingers waiting for tonight's delivery...of America's employment report. Most US retailers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher with Wall Street posting modest gains in late afternoon trade amid negative home sales data and positive news on retail sales and unemployment benefits. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open relatively flat as Wall Street edged into the red at its close as the Federal Reserve said the economy continues to grow at a slow pace. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Greencape Capital wins $600m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
Institutional investors are drawn to the stockpicking know-how of Australian equities boutique Greencape Capital, pouring $600 million into the fund in the last three months. David Pace, portfolio manager and analyst at the firm, said they've won $400 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on Wednesday with Wall Street boosted by corporate takeover activity. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 27 points higher at 4,730. In economic ...

AXA Framlington eyes Japanese tech firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
AXA Framlington is allocating more than 10 per cent of its portfolio to Japanese companies to access firms selling robotics technology to China as the country's demand for sophisticated technology grows. The qualitative fund manager's Global Opportunities ...