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New business targets investors' bad habits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
As the number of individual investors skyrockets with the growth of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, a new business is about to be launched which aims to help investors overcome bad psychological habits. Behavioural Finance Australia (BFA) ...

Regulation tops Australian business risk survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Regulatory and legislative change has taken over concerns about brand and image as the biggest risk for Australian businesses in 2014. An Aon Australasian Risk Survey saw fears of regulatory and legislative change jump from third to first position in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained despite continuing concern over escalating tension in Ukraine and poor industrial data from China. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine ...

New entrants drive growth in global equities sector

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Over the past 12 months the global equities sector has seen the highest number of new entrants since before the onset of the global financial crisis, a report by investment research house Lonsec Research (Lonsec) has revealed. Lonsec's Global Equities ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and National Australia Bank (NAB) have given little away about their involvement in Treasurer Joe Hockey's cash-for-meetings program reported by Fairfax this morning. Both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age this ...

Custodians fight hard for big super deals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Custodians are fiercely competing to win the business of Australia's largest superannuation funds, with some trading in short-term commercial gain in exchange for strategic long-term deals. One method of doing this is by offering so-called 'fee holidays' ...

Super on track for double-digit year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dampened slightly during March to return 12.6%, pointing to 2013-14 being on-track to be another double-digit performance year. The March 12 month performance figure is, however, down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a negative close on Wall Street as increased Ukraine tensions overshadowed strong US jobs figures. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,454. ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Was it good? Was it bad? Was it the weather? Was it not? We're talkin' about America's mother-of-all-eco-stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - released last week. Too bad we won't know for sure what the market's general consensus is coz geo-politics ...

Macquarie profit up 49%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Macquarie Group has lifted its full year profit 49% as the company takes advantage of improved conditions in equity markets. The investment bank made a net profit of $1.265 billion for the 12 months to March 31, up from $851 million a year ago. As a ...