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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... at 1145 AEST on Thursday. "It's just mixed news across the board. A lot of materials stocks are struggling after a fairly poor night for commodities," Mr Shamu said. "It's the market trying to balance out a lot of factors and is just being cautious ahead ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... at 1145 AEST on Thursday. "It's just mixed news across the board. A lot of materials stocks are struggling after a fairly poor night for commodities," Mr Shamu said. "It's the market trying to balance out a lot of factors and is just being cautious ahead ...

S&P, ABN Amro appeals rejected in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
Standard & Poor's, ABN AMRO (now RBS) and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS) will not be allowed to appeal a Federal Court ruling in favour of 12 local councils who suffered losses on investments they administered in the wake of the financial ...

ASX200 companies 'poor' on gender diversity disclosure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... the cases. Only 3% of disclosures surrounding gender diversity were rated as 'excellent' and 19% as 'good'. The rest were "poor or generally non-disclosing." Perpetual and Westpac were the only two financial services companies who had 'excellent' gender ...

Most super boards have no independent trustees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... itself. If it becomes an end in itself, it becomes a ticked box exercise." He said the argument that industry funds have poor governance is not supported by the evidence. "If you look at the outcomes, members have generally been better off in an industry ...

SMSFs get off lightly in FSI interim report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... advice, citing a 2013 review by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that found 28% of SMSF advice was 'poor'. In the general superannuation section, the report questioned current tax exemptions for high balance super accounts ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... ended in the red after the head of the Federal Reserve warned it could raise rates faster than expected, adding to gloom over poor German data. Paris's CAC 40 fell 1.03 per cent on Tuesday compared to Monday's closing levels to settle at 4,305.31 points. ...

Retired High Court judge to chair CBA review panel

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... it dealt with consumer complaints. Customers of Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom who may have received poor financial advice between September 2003 and July 2012 will be able to request a review under the new program. A customer who ...

Macquarie rebukes advice, compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... advisers team Joanna Bird told the Committee that Macquarie Private Wealth had "systemic failings of compliance and it had a poor compliance culture." "Given that ASIC did not, until recently, fully understand how the CBA was implementing its compensation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... LONDON - Key European stock markets slipped, getting the week off to a weak start as investors book profits and frown at poor German economic data. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell by 0.62 per cent to close Monday at 6,823.51 points. The Paris ...