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Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Wall Street jumped again overnight but Main Street's mood has turned from nervous insouciance to outright outrage. Hip, hip, hurray! Wall Street greeted St. Patrick's Day with a 3.2 per cent rally in the S&P 500, a 2.5 per cent jump in the Dow and the ...

Fitzsimons to head MasterKey Custom

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
Ex-Plum Financial Services managing director Mike Fitzsimons has been appointed general manager of MasterKey Custom. Fitzsimons, who will commence his role in early April, will be responsible for the MasterKey Custom business - which has $8.3 billion ...

Currency cushions GFC hangover

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
Institutional investors looking for a buffer to their rapidly depleting portfolios are now paying attention to BT Investment Management's Absolute Return Currency Fund - which last year lost only 1 per cent compared to some of its peers which lost up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open flat after receiving mixed leads from overseas. Wall Street broke a four-day advance on Monday as a rally in financial stocks fizzled and dragged the market lower. Gold and silver prices were weaker, while ...

Ex-director banned for 25 years

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
Edwin Goulding, former director of the Sydney Investment House Group (SIH Group), was banned by the Supreme Court of New South Wales from managing corporations for 25 years. Following an investigation and proceedings commenced by the Australian Securities ...

ASIC cracks down on Hafoka

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Sonatane Haitoni Hafoka of Shalvey, New South Wales, has faced the Downing Centre Local Court on charges of aiding and abetting the trustee of a dishonest self-managed super fund. Hafoka was brought by ASIC under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) ...

WHK and Macquarie form partnership

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
WHK Group and Macquarie Private Wealth have entered a strategic partnership - paving the way for Macquarie to become a holder of the planning group within the next five years. According to a joint press statement, the deal will see Macquarie commit ...

Three firms wound up by ASIC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has wound up three companies promoted by Online Super Pty Ltd (Online Super) following an application by ASIC. ASIC brought its application following an investigation which raised concerns that Mt Whitsunday Pty ...

Clients duck for income cover

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Australians are taking out income protection in droves as uncertainty from the economic slowdown hits home. Professional Investment Services managing director Grahame Evans said figures from the latest Risk Distribution Monitor Survey showed the level ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open flat on Monday with a slightly positive leads from Wall Street on Friday. Oil, precious metals and copper were higher, too. At 0713 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up ...