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Basis Yield lawsuit continues

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Basis Yield Alpha Fund (Master) (BYAFM) released a statement responding to the Goldman Sachs motion to dismiss BYAFM's security fraud suit that is currently pending in federal court in New York. Goldman Sachs has now argued that the case is a foreign ...

Cards for houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Houses continue to burn in America. Yes Virgie, we learned yesterday that no one wanted to buy old houses (existing homes) in the States after the government stopped giving would-be homeowners free money. Last night, we found out that neither were they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
Prospects are looking up for the Australian market when it opens on Thursday morning, with a late surge on Wall Street ending in a positive finish to the day's trade after earlier losses. Precious metals and oil were higher, too, although base metals ...

ClearView Wealth FUMA hits $3.1bn

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Former CommInsure chief executive Simon Swanson makes his first appearance as managing director of ClearView Wealth Limited today, announcing the group's strong set of results following a company restructure and new focus. As of June 2010, the ClearView ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight. Equities markets around the world were down - apart from Shanghai - although precious metals were higher. At 0707 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Former liquidator face 19 ASIC charges

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
ASIC have announced that former liquidator, Stuart Ariff, has been released on conditional bail after appearing before court with 19 criminal charges from an ASIC investigation. Appearing before Hornsby Local Court, Ariff is facing charges relating ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
Challenger Financial Services has staged a strong profit recovery during the year, buoyed by a record performance from its annuities business and a 22 per cent rise in gross assets under management to almost $24 billion. The group reported results this ...

Solid results for BT Wrap and Westpac

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The BT Wrap/Asgard platform received $1 billion in inflows for the March quarter, while its parent company Westpac reported strong third quarter results with cash earnings of around $1.4 billion. According to the Westpac 2010 August Update and Pillar ...

Hybrid banking account wins $1bn super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Westpac-owned BT Financial Group's experiment three years ago to launch a savings account-and-super product has turned into a billion-dollar success, proving there is a way to get everyday Australians involved with their super. BT Super for Life has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
Local markets have received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with heavy falls on Wall Street, oil falling below $US75, and metals, too generally lower. Only gold futures rose. At 0717 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...