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Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... unemployment rate already has a 4 in front of it! And what do we get when we get inflation? Yup, for sure we'll get higher interest rates. Look at what's happening in China, India and other emerging countries. They've been raising interest rates almost ...

ASX fines broker for bad behaviour

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
The Australian Stock Exchange has imposed a $75,000 fine on broking house IMC Pacific for behaviour that left disorderly markets in two securities, including QBE shares trading at less than half of one cent, it said yesterday. The stock exchange said ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) is stepping up its scrutiny on issuers of over the counter (OTC) derivatives, in order to safeguard the investments of a rising retail client base. ASIC has released a consultation paper seeking ...

A-dollar one-point-seven-o

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... all down in April. And this is with the Australian dollar reaching only US$1.10. While employer respondents nominated interest rates, access to credit, wages and rising fuel prices as their main concerns, methinks the A-dollar should be there somewhere. ...

Unitholders ask ASIC/NSX to ban cap raising

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Premium Income Fund unitholders have requested regulatory bodies stop a planned capital raising, deeming the raising as 'unfair' to all unitholders. In a letter to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and National Stock Exchange ...

Super fund drives member awareness

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
Truckies, bus drivers and couriers will soon be very aware of who manages their super if all goes to plan for transport industry superannuation fund TWUSUPER. The industry super fund is putting advertisements on more than 80 billboards around the country ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... Australia (RBA) seems like it's done some of its own. Tuesday last week, after it monthly Board meeting, the RBA kept interest rates despite the sharp pick up in inflation in the March quarter because "...the rising exchange rate will be helping to hold ...

Planners react badly to FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Financial planners have reacted in fear to the Future of Financial Advice reforms, anticipating less pay for more work - and would pass costs on to clients, research firm CoreData has found. The independent research canvassed the views of 358 advisers ...

NAB grows FUM despite tough times

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
MLC & NAB Wealth increased their funds under management by 6.8 per cent to $121.9 billion in the year to March and added 241 financial advisers to its ever-growing network, according to half-yearly results released yesterday. The National Australia ...

Local super funds see potential in offshore property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
Local super funds, institutional and retail investors are buzzing around offshore property thanks to the strong Australian currency and dismal property values overseas, according to AXA Real Estate head. In the group's latest global property report ...