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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... much movement today, we're trapped in trading range at the moment," he said. He said investors were reluctant to continue to push stocks higher, in light of the strong gains made on markets already this year. "It's just really that investors are taking ...

The New Daily to avoid political bias: Weaven

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
The New Daily will avoid taking a political line, according to Garry Weaven, the chair of the new, industry super fund-owned publication The New Daily, which was launched today. Weaven told Financial Standard that he and Bruce Guthrie had to assure ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The Australian sharemarket has started the week strongly with the ASX200 trading at its highest level for the year. The ASX is outperforming the positive leads it received from Wall St on Friday. Global markets have been pushing higher since the recent ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Quantitative easing is having little direct impact on the market, according to Cato Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve ...

We're watching you, APRA warns trustees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... "tremendous effort" that the industry has put in to comply with APRA's prudential standards, she insisted: "We will continue to push the industry to enhance its standards and practice in key areas, and to retain an unrelenting focus on putting members' ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street that took the S&P 500 to a new all-time high and gave the Nasdaq a 1.3 per cent gain. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up ...

Hockey Review to push for industry deregulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
The Government's Financial System Inquiry will undertake "a general health check" on the industry aimed at removing regulation, Treasurer Joe Hockey said. Speaking at the American Australian Association in New York, Hockey said that the inquiry will ...

Grandfathering pushes self-licensing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Uncertainty around the grandfathering provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations has made a self-license more appealing for advisers looking to leave their dealer group. "Lots of licensees have restrictions in place that might not ...

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... maximum income and minimum flexibility as opposed to maximum flexibility and some level of income is going to be where we push a lot of innovation." The panel, chaired by Challenger's Jeremy Cooper, also discussed the possibility of introducing DLAs ...

International advice meeting to develop new strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. The FPA will be hosting the meeting and is hoping to push for the enshrinement of the term "financial planner" in law. "The meeting comes at a significant time for financial planning ...