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APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Group insurance risk management will be top of the agenda in a number of thematic reviews to be carried out by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), according to the regulator's general manager Greg Brunner. Speaking at the Australian ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
You, I and Irene can bury our collective heads in the sand but we can't escape Toyota's announcement that it would tailgate Ford and then Holden out of Australia and then... Australia's car manufacturing industry would be no more when 2017 turns into ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher following a positive lead from Wall Street on Friday. The local market has started the day strongly, with both the S&P/ASX200 and the All Ordinaries pushing back above the 5200 point mark for the first time in more ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... fall in the local currency to 84 cents in US dollar terms. "While that's good for growth, what it is doing is starting to push up imported prices, which are rising quickly," Blythe continued. "Unless domestic inflation slows then overall inflation rates ...

ISA pushes for full transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Super funds have an obligation to be fully transparent with regard to their fees, costs and asset allocation, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. In a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Australian stocks are lower after the US Federal Reserve's decision to further taper its stimulus program added to investor concerns about the decline in emerging markets. Investors have been pulling out of emerging markets in recent weeks as the US ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
The sharemarket is higher after Turkey's move to head off a potential domestic crisis boosted global investor confidence and dampened fears about troubles in emerging markets. A major drag on equities recently has been concerns about a slowdown in emerging ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a positive lead from Wall Street which withstood a poor durable goods report and a disappointing outlook from Apple that pushed the Nasdaq into the red. At 0820 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a mixed performance on Wall Street in its last session. At 0923 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,265. In economic news on Monday, the TD Securities ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Men still heavily dominate the boards of superannuation funds, with just one fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the ...