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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with solid gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up 30 points at 5,432. The Dow and S&P 500 have bolted to fresh records on continued momentum from Wednesday's ...

CEO pay at lowest level in decade

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Chief executive pay is at its lowest level in a decade, according to a new report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. At an average $4.84 million, the chief executives of ASX 100 companies make 63 times as much money as the average ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
It's Fed day today and I couldn't decide whether to begin this space with Dan Hartman's "Instant Replay" or Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains The Same". Yes, yes, yes... both of 'em show how ancient me is but... both of 'em are also apropos to what the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with modest gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan ...

How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Don't even think about approaching a family office for an investment mandate if you don't have market beating returns and be prepared to wait years to earn their trust, a panel of family office executives has said. Addressing an audience of fund managers ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
One in five younger Australians knows nothing about his or her life insurance through superannuation, a new report commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found. Overall the report found 40% of Australians had ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Li gets what Li likes. Yes Virginia, I've typed this phrase so many, many, many times -- changed from 'Wen gets what Wen wants when Wen wants it' when Li Kequiang took over China's premiership from Wen Jiabao on 13 March 2013 -- on this space before. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following a mixed session on Wall Street and large losses locally on Monday. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,476. US stocks have finished mixed as the tech-rich ...

Sunsuper launches 'online insights community'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Sunsuper has launched a website encouraging members to have their say about the super fund. Dubbed 'My2cents', the website is described as "an online insights community" where members can share "feedback on Sunsuper as well as many other topics through ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the finalists of the adviser of the year, practice of the year and female excellence in advice awards. Finalists for the adviser of the year award are Affinity Private's Catherine Robson, Dartnall ...