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Tax consultant cops two years jail for insider trading

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
Former PwC tax consultant, Nicholas Glynatsis was convicted on nine charges of insider trading by the NSW Supreme Court yesterday. In December 2011 Nicholas Glynatsis, of Russell Lea, Sydney, pleaded guilty to the charges of insider trading between ...

Upside for risk assets in 2013: Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
Next year promises to be fraught with uncertainty for investors but an easing of the largest global risks should pave the way for stronger returns in risk assets, according to Threadneedle's Mark Burgess. Overall the chief investment officer says Threadneedle ...

Cloud computing to boost real-time super

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
From real-time banking to real-time super, cloud computing adds a new dimension to how fund members can access their superannuation data in the future. This year's annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Sydney played ...

Flip flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
So what else is new? Up one day, down the next. Optimism that US will jump over the cliff one day, plunge into it the next. Hopeful that Greece would get another euro cent dropped into its begging bowl one day (and from a broader perspective the euro ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street overnight after Hewlett-Packard reported a quarterly loss due in part to a massive writedown, offsetting fresh data signalling recovery in the housing market. At 0640 AEDT on ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat with investors appearing cautious due to negative leads out of Europe and the US. At 1040 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.3 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 4,351.5, while the broader All ...

Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has launched a new global fixed income fund. Sitting at the more defensive end of the risk/return spectrum, the Franklin Templeton Global Aggregate Bond fund invests principally in fixed or floating rate debt ...

van Eyk launches new asset allocation tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Investment research house van Eyk has launched a new tactical asset allocation tool for advisers. The new tool forms part of the release of version 4.0 of iRate, the online portal which gives van Eyk's clients access its fund manager and shares research ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Year-to-date exchange traded product (ETP) flows have surpassed the total amount recorded in 2011, according to BlackRock Investment Institute's October ETP Landscape report. Flows of $192.3 billion have already been recorded this year. Last year's ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, the new leader must avoid being embroiled in political points scoring and instead focus on cementing the global recovery, according to Clime's Paul Zwi. As we wait for the votes to be counted Zwi ...