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Investors beware IPOs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... OzForex, which offers an online, cost effective way of transferring international funds, and VEDA, the largest credit rating agency in Australia and New Zealand. A buoyant IPO market can certainly offer a rich source of potential investment opportunities ...

Russell reshuffles implementation business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... said. Moore explained that growth is being driven by a massive trend in the region - and around the globe - towards pure agency models. It follows years of more and more cases being made public, highlighting issues of revenue transparency, conflicts ...

Federal Court finds S&P guilty in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
A landmark ruling by the Federal Court against ratings agency Standard & Poor's, ABN AMRO and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS) could have implications across the world. The Federal Court ruled in favour of 12 NSW local councils who lost millions ...

Win entry to the MAX awards

... services they predict will be a hit with their clients. 2) Advertising Review - we invite a financial adviser, a creative agency and a brand and media strategist to discuss who's produced the most effective advertising in 2014. 3) - how do the digital ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
We're in trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though ...

Voting opens for the 2014 MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... the rebrand, there are new categories including Best Social Media Campaign, Best Integrated Campaign of the Year, Best Agency, Best Digital Marketing Campaign and Sales and Marketing Executive of the Year. Other awards to be handed out are Marketer of ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... Australia's borders, immigration and customs operational responsibilities will be consolidated into a single border control agency, the Australian Border Force. Everything I have announced tonight helps to build a stronger Budget and a stronger economy. ...

Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
A Federal Court judgement against ratings agency Standard & Poor's has cleared the way for Councils, church groups and charities to continue a damage claim relating to Lehman Brothers complex products. Church groups, charities and 91 Councils in Australia ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... against rising rates and inflation. They plan to decrease allocations to cash, short-term instruments, and government and agency debt, for which they have the lowest near-term return expectations. More than 20% of the CIOs surveyed indicated that deflation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... $37.70 and Fortescue Metals gained eight cents at $5.36. Coca-Cola Amatil had gained eight cents at $9.14 despite ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgrading the beverages supplier's credit rating in the wake of a slide in earnings. Other consumer ...