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Banned adviser spent client savings on sports car business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... some clients, including those in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), to send money for him to invest in a high interest rate account on their behalf. The regulator said it is concerned Nakhl instead spent the money on, among other things, his ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... November 2009. Tony became leader of the Opposition on 1 December 2009. And most important, it's in neither country's best interest if it doesn't. "Neighbours...should be there for one another That's when good neighbours become good friends."

AUI plans property trust merger

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) will allow investors to vote on a potential merger between Australian Unity Fifth Commercial Trust (FCT) and the larger, more diversified, Australian Unity Office Property Fund (OPF). OPF is an unlisted property fund ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... ineffective inflation hedges. Instead, QIC is opting for inflation-linked bond portfolios that dynamically respond to interest rate risk.

Advisers leave China and turn to US growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
US strength is piquing Australian investor interest in global equities, with financial advisers encouraging clients to reduce exposure to China and turn to US assets. The allocation of new client investments to international assets jumped 5% to 31% ...

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... Donovan, Managing Director of AFM Investment Partners who represents Mandiri Investasi in Australia. Australian investor interest is growing in the archipeligo nation as economists are forecasting that their economy, currently valued at A$960 billion ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... recovery is fragile and the tools available to monetary policy, should the economy falter, are limited given that short-term interest rates are at zero." But as Chad and Jeremy sings in their "A Summer Song" hit, "They say that all good things must end ...

WA govt plans string of infra asset sales

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... delegates in Perth, WA minister for energy and finance Mike Nahan said the planned asset sales will be of particular interest to superannuation funds. "Given that the state is of Western Australia is currently scoping the potential for the sale of a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... unemployment and a statement by the Bank of England that Britain's economic recovery "has finally taken hold" as a sign that interest rates will rise sooner than expected. Frankfurt's DAX 30 slid 0.24 per cent to 9,054.83 points and the CAC 40 in Paris ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... lowest since May 2009. That's the good news. The bad news is that it has also brought forward expectations for a BOE interest rate increase - as indicated by the appreciation in the British pound and the decline in the FTSE-100 index immediately following ...