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Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Up, up, markets are up. Over the past 24 hours, like any other 24 hours, financial markets were treated to a mix of stats/surveys/news that were either better, worse or in line with their expectations. We've gotten all possible combinations and permutations ...

HFA Holdings chairman steps down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
HFA Holdings Limited chairman Spencer Young is set to step down from his current position, as well as from the position of non-executive director of the listed company. Young told the board that he made the decision due to important upcoming personal ...

Margin lending through advisers shrank in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Margin lending loans sold through financial advisers shrank in 2013 by 7%, while the broker channel is poised for growth over the next 12 months. The Investment Trends December 2013 Margin Lending Broker Report found that the margin lending industry ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is asking the Financial Systems Inquiry to remove super from awards and to amend legislation so employers can select any MySuper product as the default fund for their employees. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, CBA said ...

AMP opens three funds to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
AMP Capital has made three of its funds available to retail investors for the first time. The funds are the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund, Australian Equity Income Fund and Income Generator. The first two funds have previously only been available ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
A change of noun is all it took. Yes Virginia, by just changing the noun that followed the word "considerable", Fed Chair Janet Yellen put the smile back on many a-Wall Streeter's faces. Less than two weeks ago, Janet explained the considerable "time" ...

PROFILE: Westpac GM of bank financial planning

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
As Mike Chesworth celebrates his 35th anniversary at Westpac, the general manager of bank financial planning looks back at a remarkably varied career in Australia's oldest bank. James Fernyhough reports. Mike Chesworth is an endangered species: he has ...

MLC GM to chair community foundation, focuses on mental health

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
The MLC Community Foundation has appointed Lara Bourguignon as its new chair taking effect from 1 April 2014. Established in 2008 as part of MLC, the wealth management arm of NAB, the Foundation provides support to Australian communities by investing ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Apart from last-minute end-of-month and end-of-quarter window dressings, this first day of the trading week should offer few surprises. It'll be a week when financial markets play the waiting game. Investors' attention would be on what the Reserve Bank ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is urging all taxpayers with offshore assets to declare their interests, ahead of a global crackdown on international tax havens. The ATO's offshore voluntary disclosure initiative, 'Project DO IT: disclose offshore ...