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Advisers caught for market manipulation

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Two former client advisers have been found guilty of market manipulation following ASIC investigations. According to a statement by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Rocco Musumeci and Richard John Wade were yesterday handed custodial ...

Aviva prepares for equity investment surge

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Investors can start preparing for the upswing in the local equity market after Aviva launched a dollar cost averaging tool which allows them to gradually move some of their cash investments into other asset classes. The Progressive Switching Facility ...

Invest in shares or migrate: Ruthven

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Planners should start investing in Australian equities while the ASX200 is at a "ridiculous" 3,400 level or miss out on a rare opportunity to add value to their client portfolios, said Phil Ruthven, IBISWorld executive chair. Ruthven said the local ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
The contest for 'The Biggest Loser' went into full swing as bad news continued to flow. Right on the heels of the Eurozone's 1.5 per cent economic contraction in the fourth quarter, Japan's weigh in showed that its economy lost more, down 3.3 per cent ...

BNY Mellon launches Ankura Capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
It may be one small step for BNY Mellon but a giant leap for Ankura Capital, an Australian equities fund that will ride on the bank's 34-country strong distribution network to attract overseas money. BNY Mellon Asset Management plans to use its global ...

The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
Like its rich world counterparts, the Eurozone economy is contracting and the outlook for this year is non-the-brighter. But while the central banks of the US, Japan and the UK raced to the zero interest rate line, the European Central Bank (ECB) appears ...

Planners to face cashflow crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Small-to-medium size financial planning firms risk bankruptcy if they don't quickly adjust their cashflow needs to suit today's realities, and the earlier they talk to their banker about needing extra help, the better, said one banking specialist. Malcolm ...

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
What's this? No headlines on yesterday's all-important Australian Labour Force report? Australian newspapers have relegated yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) employment report to their inside pages. Since November last year, the media ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly higher US stocks had a late rebound after scepticism about the effectiveness of a US economic stimulus plan. The outcome of the federal government's $42 billion economic stimulus package's second ...

Meat fund invests in high growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... high growth option will initially be invested in the Vanguard fund, this might not be a permanent arrangement as the trustee may "vary this investment at its discretion". Members will be able to switch their investments as at 30 June and 31 December ...