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I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
Like an expectant father, the Australian stock market is beaming with gleeful anticipation of a birth of another child. It's coming! It's coming! Expectations that the RBA would deliver another 25 bps cut in the official cash rate - taking it down to ...

Borrowing magnifies risk: David Murray

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
FSI chair and former CBA chief executive David Murray clarified his position on borrowing in super at the Switzer Leadership Lunch in Sydney. Arguing that the media had misrepresented his views, Murray explained that the FSI recommended that superannuation ...

OneVue's platform FUA rise 45%

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
OneVue funds under administration (FUA) in platform services rose 45% to $2.82 billion during the six months to December 2014 on the back of the Select Investment Partners acquisition. Funds under management (FUM) for the wholly-owned Select Investment ...

Rubik segment profits hit by business acquisition costs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
Wealth management software provider Rubik Financial Limited saw segment profits fall by 34% to $4.1 million in the half-year to 31 December 2014. Rubik attributed the drop to rising employment costs as a result of business acquisitions. Profits were ...

Law should stop banks "bundling" super: ISA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has denounced banks offering employers incentives to "bundle" super with business banking and insurance services. In some cases, ISA's statement said, these incentives have included discounts on insurance products and ...

Equity Trustees boosts profit

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Equity Trustees (EQT) has boosted its net profit to $7.6 million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 41.7% rise on the previous corresponding period. The interim fully franked dividend remains 46c per share. According to EQT chair Tony Killen ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
"If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true..." - Tim Hardin Data releases over the past few weeks have vindicated the "crisis" duo of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his cigar-smoking Treasurer Joe Hockey. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The share market is weaker a day after hitting a fresh seven-year high, with the banks and miners in the red. Investor profit taking was the most likely reason for the market's retreat on Thursday, Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan ...