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ASIC slaps biggest fine ever

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... SMSFs. David Hobbs of Nelson, New Zealand, who was described as the "mastermind" behind more than a dozen unregistered offshore managed investment funds, including a $30 million Ponzi scheme, was yesterday ordered to pay $500, 000. Along with his wife ...

Small shareholders eclipsed by instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
Large institutions including Australian superannuation funds and offshore investors are increasing their allocation to listed Australian companies while small shareholders have slashed their portfolios, a study for the Australian Investor Relations ...

Social media a counter-balance to info overload

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... founder of Melbourne-based Life Scope Advice shared with delegates some of his successes outsourcing key functions to offshore service providers. He says hiring virtual assistants, illustrators, copywriters, graphic designers, and web developers to help ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... role in the price of Australian bonds." Before the GFC, approximately 20-30% of Australian government bonds were held offshore. By 2012, this number had jumped to around 80%. While countries previously viewed as safe havens are experiencing extreme turmoil ...

New head of Insto sales at La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... company's Sydney office, Humphris will be tasked with growing La Trobe Financial's institutional business regionally and offshore, with a specific focus on consultants and securing institutional mandates.

Propensity for foot shooting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013

Further rate cuts to tempt investors back into risk assets: Lucas

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... if not growing," says Lucas. Adding momentum to an unwinding in investor risk aversion, adds Lucas is what's happening offshore, especially in the US where there's been a solid rise in employment with the unemployment rate having dropped to a four-year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... traded. Lonsec private client adviser Michael Heffernan said local investors took their cues from a positive night on offshore markets. "The overseas markets have shown very strong resilience and that is certainly powered our market opening today," Mr ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... at $35.36, while Rio Tinto had gained 92 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $62.22. The local bourse got a positive lead from offshore, where Wall Street finished higher and commodities prices firmed. Making news, the owner of the radio station at the centre ...

China primed for encouraging rebound: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... settlement volumes but also RMB investment. This expansion, adds Hongbin applies to the domestic financial market as well as offshore RMB centres. In the first three quarters 2012, around 11% of China's trade was settled in RMB - compared with 9% in ...