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ASIC didn't take my claims seriously: whistleblower

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... are now unaccounted for." "I believed that my serious claims would have been investigated and that ASIC would have acted to stop clients, staff and contractors from being ripped off," he said. Instead, ASIC responded by saying that "I was a company officer ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
"Don't fight the Fed!" I re-introduced this old saying on Wall Street at the end of last week to characterise the financial markets' behaviour du jour. The S&P 500 surely doesn't want to -- it closed at another fresh record high last week...and could ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Some years back I used to have discussions with several of my gentle readers (you know who you are, gentle folks) about whether or not QE would work, is working, or not. The passage of time since the Fed minted its first QE dollar had proven that it ...

La Trobe calls to end home loan risk fees

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
Risk fees charged by some non-bank lenders on home loans offer no benefits to consumers and should be stopped, according to La Trobe Financial chief executive Greg O'Neill. Risk fees, or equalisation fees as they are sometimes known, appeared as an ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Stop the clock! A deal has been forged in Washington! Yes Virginia, it again played out as scripted - after so much grandstanding, with both sides holding their ground and a lotta hullabaloos...an agreement was struck...at the last minute. Were it not ...

US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
The continuing US shutdown is beginning to slow pension payments, with fears growing some payments could stop. The US secretary for the Veterans Administration Benefits and Services, Eric Shinseki, appeared end last week before the Congress committee ...

Impasse ends when Wall Street says stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013

Wealth Within targets SMSFs with new platform

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... launch yesterday Zerbes and managing director Denis Celata said that Global One differed from other platforms by being a "one-stop shop" for major life activities. Zerbes said that Global One was a "unified managed account plus" at a cost of of $27.50 ...

Shutdown with an i

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013

Over 1 million customers breakup with banks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
Over one million Australians have stopped dealing with their financial institution in the last year, despite customer retention efforts. The majority, about 855,000 people, ended a relationship with a bank, a Roy Morgan Research Consumer Single Source ...