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Former AMP agent pleads guilty to ASIC charge

Harold Frederick Moses, a former AMP superannuation agent, has pleaded guilty in the Sydney District Court to one count of defrauding...

Sen Sherry reiterates ALP's commitments to super policy issues

In an exclusive interview with the Financial Standard, the Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, reiterated the Australian Labor Party’s...

Alpha wins UFM Australian equity mandate

United Funds Management (UFM), the investment division of SMF Funds Management Ltd, today announced the appointment of Alpha Investment Management as one of four managers of its Australian Equity Fund.

Caterpillar Financial prices $120 million MTN issue

Caterpillar Financial Australia Ltd today priced $120 million in medium term notes (MTN). The notes...

Commonwealth ministers meet in Brunei, focus on poverty

Commonwealth finance ministers in their annual meeting, which began in Brunei’s capital Bandar Seri Begawan today, said that the failure of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Cancun...

Zenith appoints former IWL senior investment analyst

Zenith Investment Partners appointed Ben Davis, formerly with IWL, to the position of Senior Investment Analyst with the Group...

Midday market wrap: All Ords drift in the wake of US markets

The Australian share market at noon continued to drift between positive and negative territory in the wake of uninspiring trading on the United States...

Midday market wrap: Domestic stocks put on lacklustre show

Trading on the Australian stock market was lacklustre to noon, following the collapse of World Trade Organisation talks on the weekend...

Wattle net widens as four directors plead guilty

Four men associated with the Gold Coast-based Australasian Management Consultants Pty Ltd (AMC) have pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court...

Short-term overseas visitor arrivals for August dips 0.2% to 391,300: ABS

The number of short-term visitor arrivals saw a decrease of 0.2 per cent to 391,300, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said...