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IOSCO recommends improved disclosure for direct products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The growth of directly distributed financial products has pushed a Joint Forum of the International Organisation of Securities Organisations (IOSCO) to call for improved global regulation and disclosure standards for products sold this way. In Australia ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Evan Lucas said. "If Chinese manufacturing data due out today shows again just an ever-so-slight expansion, it will probably push us back into the red. "It's also May Day, so Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Malaysia are all shut, as well as Europe, so ...

Bring in Chilean-style super tender process: Grattan Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... government tender process, the report argued. "The Commonwealth government needs to unleash the power of wholesale competition to push down fees for default products. The best way to do so is to run a tender," it said. "One or more funds that tender ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... investors were pleased at the prospect of interest rates staying low. "If the banks hold on to these gains and the miners can push higher, we should be in for a positive finish for the week," he told AAP. A positive finish on Thursday would be a sixth ...

ISA 'deeply concerned' over banks' MySuper campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... Australia (ISA) has upped its campaign to keep superannuation in awards, saying it is "deeply concerned" by the big bank-led push to take the Fair Work Commission out of the default super selection process. ISA chief executive David Whiteley said the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The stockmarket has opened stronger for the fifth consecutive session, thanks to another strong lead from Wall Street. The S&P/ASX200 pushed above 5,500 points soon after the open, for the first time since mid-2008. Rivkin global investment manager ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street was pushed upward by solid earnings and major pharmaceutical-sector deals. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 5,494. The Dow Jones ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
While debate in the US wealth management sector regarding improved fiduciary responsibilities for advisers appears to approaching resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street ...

Trend - up, down or up and down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... the Ukraine, and back up again on US data indicating that the economy remains on a growth trend, but not strong enough to push the Fed to bring forward interest rate hikes... or so the headlines say. Methinks the overriding theme here is "heightened" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street despite tech stocks at one point pushing the Nasdaq Composite index down nearly two per cent. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday the June share price index futures contract was up ...