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Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Regular gentle readers would know by now that today's heading has in no way any relation to the 1995 romance film of the same title but to the goings-on in the financial markets. Equity markets didn't do much overnight. The S&P 500 was up a little ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
"Increasing America's overdraft beyond $14.3 trillion should have been relatively simple." Not my words ladies and gents, but that of the revered "The Economist" magazine. Simple and yet, here we all are, still watching on the edge of our seats, still ...

Former Integrity port manager loses court bid

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
Former Integrity Investment Management portfolio manager, Shawn Burns, has failed in his bid for an court injunction as the case between Burns and Integrity continues. Burns' employment at Integrity was terminated on June 20 this year after the company's ...

Licensee Select new manager

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... experienced unprecedented growth over recent times. On May 23 the licensee solutions provider signed up Financial Index Australia (FIA), which has ten planning firms with over 35 advisers. Licensee Select currently provides compliance, practice development ...

PIF Investor action group claim small victory

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
Wellington Capital has agreed to suspend any further action in relation to a planned rights issue, until a full hearing on 12 June, following an injunction application by PIF Action Group (PIFAG). PIFAG is seeking an injunction to cancel units in the ...

FIA growth leads to Licensee Select

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Financial Index Australia (FIA) has moved in-house services to BT Financial Group's Licensee Select for its licensee solutions, citing strong growth for the outsourcing. The change will affect FIA's ten planning firms with over 35 advisers, who will ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The GFC has claimed another victim, and it's no other than the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and French presidential candidate-in-waiting Monsieur Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The 62-year old Strauss-Kahn has been arrested on charges of ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
I don't know about you but for moi, I feel that the financial markets have been playing in slow mo since 2010 became 2011. Gently, gently. Market players are in no hurry to buy. They're not in a rush to sell either. But who wouldn't be given the opposing ...

Investors lose $7m in Qld scam

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group of Queensland-based investors learnt the hard way why they should avoid unlicensed financial advice providers after ASIC catches another $7 million scam. She was sentenced to six months imprisonment but entered into a recognisance in the sum ...