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Bans hit bad planners: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... during its suspension period or its license will be cancelled, ASIC said. Bray said neither Kedesco nor Whitting had anything to do with the Blue Diamond collapse other than as advisers, and their arrangements were no different to any other licensee ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... have to earn their keep by putting pen to paper daily (sometimes on the hour) after all. They must write something... anything! But even them fin jornoes do not agree on who did what to Wall Street. Bloomberg thinks "U.S. Stocks Decline as Commodities ...

Planners make their budget wishes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... it's right," he said. "It means they don't want to commit to long-term things. It's trying to buy votes - it doesn't do anything for the economy." The Government has announced a $308.8 million set-top box scheme for pensioners under the budget. As the ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... agreed with Mr. Savouri - must have puffed the same heavy stuff. Here's The Australian again. "I can't see that there is anything to knock it off its perch because it's not only the strong Australian dollar, it's also the weak US dollar," Mr Smith said ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... don't think so. So before you follow the crowd, ask yourself if bin-L's passing into the afterlife significantly changed anything. After the euphoria - or the despair - of bin L's death has passed, it'll still be the underlying economic and business ...

AustralianSuper new player in advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... ranging from simple to highly complex. "We are working purely off a flat fee basis and there will be no commissions on anything. Godfrey Pembroke guarantees it will not receive a single cent of commission from any AustralianSuper member," said Reddacliff ...

Selection the key as mining stocks surge

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... sector of the market. Their valuations look a little stretched, a lot of them don't make money, don't actually produce anything, so taking a long-term view that's got to worry you," said Samway. "There's been a theme in the market that has followed a ...

Poor standard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... rated-AAA that weren't. They've lost money on heeding its announcement warning of a USA triple-A downgrade, that wasn't. Has anything changed in two days? Has the US of A suddenly paid back all its debt or even reimbursed a single penny of it? I don't ...

UK FSA fines false advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... April 2011 to discuss the state of the global economy and global finance, as you would expect them to do. There wasn't anything new in the communiquA(C) released after the meeting. It contained - well, to me at least - self-congratulatory platitudes ...