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Morningstar confirms four star rating for JBWere

Research house Morningtar has today reconfirmed its four star rating for JBWere Invesment Management Limited (JBWIM) for its qualitative...

Investment directors plead guilty to misconduct

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced that Graeme Milner and Terence Hunter, directors...

Promina finalises massive share floatation

Insurance company Promina today launched the prospectus' for its upcoming public offere that is going to be the biggest sharemarket...

Afternoon market wrap: Airlines hit by turbulence

The All Ordinaries index edged lower in sympathy with global indices but the losses were moderate in comparison to the heavy sell-off in Asian markets...

Banking complaints low despite transactions increase: ASIC

Complaints against banks decreased last year despite an explosion in the number of transactions, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said today in its annual monitoring report on compliance...

Investment Analysis: The small cap explosion

Small capital value stocks are comfortably the most prolific wealth generator over the long term for investors prepared to wear the additional risk...

Tower boosts cash levels to meet APRA demands

Tower Limited today announced that it has completed a capital restructure to meet solvency requirements imposed by the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority...

Misery continues for Australian equity funds: report

Australian wholesale equity funds lost an average of 13.79 per cent in the twelve months to the end of February 28, a fall from –10.24% at the end of January, Rainmaker Information said today...

IFSA welcomes ASX corporate governance guidelines

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) today welcomed the launch of the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) corporate governance guidelines...

Equity "hangover" has only just begun: Deutsche

Investors hoping for a turnaround in equity markets, particularly in the wake of the war on Iraq, will have a long wait according to Deutsche Bank’s global fixed income strategist George Cooper...