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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street driven by better-than-expected earnings from Amazon and Microsoft and solid results from Procter & Gamble and UPS. At 0816 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures ...

LUCRF Super joins global calls to improve worker safety

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
LUCRF Super has joined more than 200 institutional investors globally in signing the Investor Statement on Bangladesh, calling for workplace reform in garment factories in the South Asian country. Behind China, Bangladesh is the second largest garment ...

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 ...

Problem is weak credit law, not us: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) claimed that it had limited jurisdiction over the credit industry in its final submission to the Senate inquiry. In its final submission, ASIC focused on the reforms to the credit industry and ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Some years back I used to have discussions with several of my gentle readers (you know who you are, gentle folks) about whether or not QE would work, is working, or not. The passage of time since the Fed minted its first QE dollar had proven that it ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open open flat despite gains on international markets overnight. At 0812 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up eight points at 5,378. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In ...

We're watching you, APRA warns trustees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has warned superannuation fund trustees it will not tolerate inertia or complacency, in a clamp down that is sparking fears that the role of trustee is becoming a full-time job. Speaking to an audience ...

Aged care costs to rise as complexity increases

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
The aged care reform due to start from July 1, 2014, is likely to increase the complexity of the sector's rules, which will raise the costs of aged care services and put further financial strain on families. Advisers will as a result need to take legislative ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
A major power shift from intermediaries such as fund managers and investment banks to fiduciaries including Australian superannuation funds is gathering pace in the global financial services sector, according to the CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on international markets overnight. At 0813 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,350. In economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia ...