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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 26 points at 4,342. In economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... tech-rich Nasdaq dropped 8.95 points to 3,067.26. But, European stock markets rebounded as investors remained hopeful of central bank action over the eurozone crisis. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.57 per cent at 5857.52 points, while Frankfurt's ...

MySuper flipping ban passes lower house

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... by Industry Super Network (ISN), an advocate body for the Industry superannuation sector. 'Flipping' is commonly used by bank-owned retail superannuation funds, which often transfer members into a new fund product with higher fees and inferior insurance ...

Shorten reins in employer involvement in default super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has been accused of 'gazumping' the Productivity Commission inquiry into default super by moving to head off options that would give employers more choice in fund selection. The Minister yesterday pointed ...

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... voting members - of the US Federal Reserve voted for this "action" with only Judas... errr, sowee I meant Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President, Jeffrey M. Lacker, voting against this "action". "I'm so excited and I just can't hide it". There was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... Tuesday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian shares slipped but the euro held onto recent gains amid hopes of European Central Bank action to rein in surging eurozone borrowing costs and ahead of talks on debt-ridden Greece. Investors were also keenly awaiting ...

Wake up call for instos on staff retention

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
While the vast majority of the country's finance professionals want to remain living and working in Australia at the moment, four in five are considering moving out of the sector and into alternative industries. These were among the findings of eFinancialCareers ...

Marketing beyond gimmickry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Just as super funds in Australia are jumping on board engagement channels like blogging and targeting Gen Y, a US financial branding consultant group says the marketing world has already moved on. "After a decade of intense scrutiny, financial marketers ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... Lawyers for victims of the Storm Financial collapse said they have uncovered a document which proves that the Commonwealth Bank knew investors would lose their money during the global financial crisis. Barrister Tony Morris told the Federal Court in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... high, with investor confidence buoyed by strong earnings reports and positive views on housing and investment by the central bank. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished up 19.1 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,383.4, while the broader All Ordinaries ...