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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... slumped to its slowest level in ten years following the slide in oil prices, plus a credit rating downgrade from Standard and Poor's. Santos shares were down 72 cents, or more than eight per cent, at $7.60. Woodside Petroleum had lost 87 cents at $34.52 ...

Make financial firms more accountable for products: FSI

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... align commercial incentives with consumer outcomes, the regulatory framework is focused on point of sale. Recent examples of poor conduct suggest the alignment needs to start at the point of product design, and then be strengthened through distribution ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell on poor Black Friday sales and a China manufacturing slowdown. At 0819 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,227. US sales came in less ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... mostly offered by retail funds - goes some way to explaining the overall lower returns. These weak returns reflect a very poor quarter for the ASX 200, which saw negative returns of -0.6%, according to Rainmaker figures. September was a particularly ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... her experience and those caught up in similar failed investment schemes showed Australians really needed protection from poor financial advice. The laws, introduced by the previous Labor government in 2012, gave consumers a better idea of the commissions ...

Cbus executive denies perjury allegation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... defended its policy of chasing up late payment of contributions, saying the company in question - Lis-Con - had a particularly poor history in making contributions on time. In its own submission, Lis-Con denied this, saying the company had no obligation ...

ASIC to watch CBA advisers closely

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... advice they previously received was subject to an internal review, as CBA had identified that their adviser had provided poor advice to some customers in the past. Customers contacted will be given the choice to have their assessment reviewed, and the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... night, but just barely, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising by a mere 0.01 per cent and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 edging up 0.07 per cent.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a scant 1.87 point (0.01 per cent) at 17,615.61, and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 edged up 1.50 (0.07 per cent) to 2,039.76. Both the Dow and the S&P had scored records in the prior four sessions. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Transfield Services has its annual general meeting in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed slightly higher as poor trade figures and an upward revision to recent unemployment figures muted the response to strong growth in retail spending. ...