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Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Just when we thought it was no longer safe to go back into the water...... dip buyers again went buying the dip. We don't have to go very, very far back in history to see this for this was clearly on parade just over the past very few days. Recall how ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... on Friday. "Gold stocks are one of the only areas to really be improving in a significant manner, I guess because of the safe haven manner of the commodity," he said. "It's normal to see this sort of reaction.... gold stocks going higher, mining stocks ...

Giant NSW fund names investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
State Super's Mark O'Brien has been appointed the general manager of investments of three amalgamated New South Wales state funds. The amalgamation of Safety, Return to Work and Support Division (SRWSD), SAS Trustee Corporation (STC) and NSW Treasury ...

Government succeeds in securing final FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... to provide "appropriate" advice to clients has been removed. However, advisers will still need to abide by the other six "safe harbour provisions" of the best interest' duty. It also bans commissions in general advice by specifying that recurring payments ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report. "Thank you to the National Press Club for the interest you have shown in today's release of the interim report of ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Mandatory financial advice for the sale of complex products is among the measures the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is considering to protect consumers from the risks posed by these investment vehicles. In a newly published ...

Liquidnet increases access to India equity trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... licensed broker. "Liquidnet members, no matter where they are located, can today trade large blocks in 43 markets globally in a safe environment where they can control their trading experience," Liquidnet chief executive Seth Merrin said. He added that ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... purchases receive undue focus among investors." Can't have that too! At the end of the day, the Fed would go only when it's safe, very safe to do so - and safe includes the markets not throwing a tantrum when it does.

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
In July last year Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley stood alongside Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden and announced that the two wings of superannuation would be burying the hatchet. They wouldn't ...

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... financial governance going on now. We want to get to the bottom of these things, and we want to ensure that investors are as safe as they can be in a market economy," he said. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann dampened ideas about the possibility of an ...