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Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Looks like someone forgot to tell the stock markets that we're already halfway through May - halfway through the month that's statistically biased towards losing money. Market action over the past 24 hours shows that most have not gone away and those ...

CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
CFA Societies in Australia and New Zealand have launched an initiative to encourage investors to assert their rights and demand higher standards of ethical conduct from the financial services industry and finance professionals. Investor First Week in ...

CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has expressed concern that the ban on conflicted remuneration will affect corporate superannuation advisers and has asked the Senate inquiry into the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) to find a way to solve the issue. The bank ...

BNP Paribas signs up to TARGET 2

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
BNP Paribas has announced it will be a 'directly connected participant' of the TARGET 2 Securities (TS2) settlement program. The TARGET 2 - which stands for Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement express transfer system - is an initiative ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a rally in US stocks with the Dow closing its last session at a fresh record high. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was flat at 5,445. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Former Prime Minister and superannuation system architect Paul Keating says the government needs to create 'superannuation mark two' to enable superannuation to provide enough money for retirees who are increasingly likely to become centenarians. Speaking ...

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set for a flat start to trade, after a mixed session on Wall Street. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up just one point at 5,460. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

PROFILE: Actuaries Institute CEO David Bell

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
In April the Actuaries Institute launched an advertising campaign painting actuaries as the 'rock stars of the 21st Century'. FourA months into the role, new chief executiveA David Bell tells James Fernyhough what heA hopes the campaign will achieve. ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
"Whispering hope, Oh how welcome thy voice..." Greenspan's done it. Bernanke did it. Now, Yellen's doing it -- the Fed put, that is. If you still doubt it, Virginia, just have a look at last night's trading action on Wall Street. Sure, there was some ...