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ASIC bans former Westpac trader

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
Former Westpac Institutional Bank trader Jeremy Kaviraj Nambiar was banned for eight years from financial services for creating fictitious trading entities and a false document. Nambiar worked at Westpac during 2009 and 2010 and he was in charge of ...

Watching you watching me watching you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
"Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel..." - Noel Harrison It's up, it's down... it's goin' round and round. Yup Virginia, that's Wall Street for you. But the up one day (on dip ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set for a weak start after Wall Street fell due to lower than expected earnings from several retailers. At 0650 AEST on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,405. In local economic ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Superannuation advocates have urged the federal government not to rush any changes to the age at which people can access their retirement savings. Treasurer Joe Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
We're in trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to rise after a boost to tech stocks lifted Wall Street. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,436. In local economic news on Tuesday, the minutes of Reserve Bank ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open slightly higher after Wall Street rose on Friday due to strong earnings from several retailers. At 0655 AEST on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,498. In local economic ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
With growth like this what's a central banker to do? It might have been too easy for the Fed to justify its steady taper as she goes despite the National Accounts showing that real GDP growth slowed to a snail dragging a very heavy object pace - 0.1% ...

Fostering ethical standards crucial to industry reputation: CFA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Promoting an industry-wide conversation about ethical practices and raising awareness about investors' rights will go a long way to improving the health and reputation of the financial services industry, according to CFA Societies Australia vice president ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten