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Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... "positive step for the industry subject to strong and effective implementation." Industry Super Australia was one of the stronger dissenting voices, arguing that the proposed reforms are still too lenient. "There is no evidence that commissions make ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... through investments in banks and property: "Ireland took the hard medicine first, bottomed 18 months ago and is now growing stronger. Spain and Italy were slower and more reluctant to change, but we're starting to see the green shoots." From an investment ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... market-based credit. The report shows credit to households - which is primarily aimed at the real estate sector - is a stronger drag on growth than credit to businesses. OECD chief economist, Catherine L. Mann, said the global financial crisis has raised ...

Shares stronger at noon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
The Australian share market was higher in early trade with investors ignoring offshore weakness and looking for bargains after recent falls. Overseas markets fell overnight, with European stocks especially punished due to Greece being set to default ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... trading at Wedbush Securities. James attributed the rise in retail stocks to Tuesday's US auto sales report, which were stronger than expected and suggested stronger consumer spending ahead. LONDON - European markets have shot up as the ECB indicated ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian Crime Commission believes Stronger Super reforms implemented from 2013 have reduced illegal early release schemes run through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In its latest report, Organised Crime in Australia 2015, the commission ...

Bargain hunters drive strong market gains

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Telstra had gained eight cents to $6.23. Ten had put on half a cent to 23 cents, while Seven West Media was 4.5 cents stronger at $1.26 and Fairfax Media was two cents higher at $1.03.

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... ahead of expectations. Lift-off here we come. US monetary policy would start normalising again against a background of a stronger, sustainable recovery. Hip, hip. But wait, hold your horses... the Dow, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and the Russell 2000 don't ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... over increasingly cash-short Greece's talks with creditors. The revival of Greece worries "causes a weaker euro and a stronger dollar, and that adds to concerns for everybody who does business overseas", said Michael James, managing director of equity ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... read that correctly. By seasonally adjusting the seasonally adjusted number "real GDP growth in the first quarter was stronger and much closer to the economy's sustainable rate of trend growth". Damned lies, stats and seasonal adjustments. China's been ...