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Former Westpac rep rips off $500k

A former Westpac Banking Corporation representative has received a permanent ban from providing financial services after being found guilty of misappropriating client money worth around half a million dollars. Former Westpac representative, David Jarrett ...

Allianz Global flags $350m European property fund IPO

You think you've got World Cup fever? Allianz Global Investors Australia has taken the mania in Germany one step further by planning an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listing of a property fund that focuses on German retail and commercial properties. ...

Self-employed have different banking and investment needs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
Do self-employed people need different types of banking and investment products? Probably, if the statistics from GE Money are to be believed. Self-employed people, refinancing existing loans, and disinterested in paperwork appears to the profile of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker despite yesterday's rapid fall as a sea of red across global equity markets overnight suggest a continuation of the selling that hit the domestic bourse yesterday afternoon. Yesterday the investors ...

UBS sets sights on global infrastructure

UBS Australia will be using the worldwide reach of its Swiss parent to offer Australian investors a slice of the global infrastructure market. UBS Global Asset Management has this week launched the UBS Global Infrastructure Securities Fund. The fund's ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate target steady at 5.75 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. Financial markets widely expected the move this time, unlike the controversial 25 basis point hike announced last month. ...

CARE and Vision break off merger talks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
CARE Super and Vision Super have announced they will not be proceeding with a proposed merger. Michael O'Sullivan, chairman of CARE Super, and Michael Tilley, chairman of Vision Super, announced that the mutual decision not to merge had been arrived ...

Tribeca joins The Washington Post

The shareholders of leading education services provider Tribeca have given the nod to the group's acquisition by US-based Kaplan, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, for around $56 million. The proposed acquisition was flagged early December  ...

FuturePlus eyes international property

Hands up if you're an international property fund manager with a strong business case. FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson wants to hear from you. At Financial Standard's Best Practice seminar on building a global investment portfolio held ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open marginally firmer as a slight rebound in base metals and oil prices and some expected bargain hunting help put a floor under a market which has been pummelled in recent days. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...