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ANZ HFA alliance targets Asia

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
ANZ and international absolute return fund manager HFA Asset Management have joined forces to launch a new capital protected investment fund focused on emerging Asian economies. According to a joint statement, the ANZ Discovery Asia Fund will provide ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after commodities including gold, oil and copper advanced overnight. Gains may be limited after US stocks declined on comments by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that a recession is possible. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight on a stronger-than-expected Midwestern business activity report. Resource stocks may decline after base metal prices declined overnight. At 0700 AEDT on the Sydney ...

Doja faces jail time

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Former Sydney financial adviser Tunde Doja was last Friday sentenced to a minimum of three years and eight months imprisonment in the Sydney District Court following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) into ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Rules surrounding short selling in Australia look set to undergo a major overhaul following revelation that the crucial practice is effectively unregulated. The key problem, according to Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law ...

Brushing up market integrity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
Amidst recent shake-ups in securities lending, director share trading, margin loans and short selling, IFSA and ACSI have joined forces to outline their views on how market transparency and disclosure should be rendered. According to the Investment ...

ASIC investigates Opes Prime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
Opes Prime Stockbroking is under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after the firm found a number of cash and stock movement irregularities in a small number of accounts. ASIC has created a team, which will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower after US stocks ended lower this morning, although rises in base metal prices in London will support mining stocks. At 0707 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index futures ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
New tax measures to employer superannuation guarantee (SG) penalties could mean employees receive their super payments faster while their employers will avoid making twice the SG on late payments. The Federal Government is proposing to change the Superannuation ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence in the US has fallen to a five-year low, driven by unrelenting negative economic news and the impact on consumption of the perpetually falling US dollar. But institutional investor confidence is up. The consumer confidence survey ...