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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following positive overseas leads. Wall Street was boosted by better-than-expected earnings from multinational bank Citigroup overnight, with the Dow Jones rising 0.66 per cent. Asian markets also finished ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following positive overseas leads. Wall Street was boosted by better-than-expected earnings from multinational bank Citigroup overnight, with the Dow Jones rising 0.66 per cent. Asian markets also finished ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... C. Coffee, Jr., The Regulatory Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, Cambridge University Press,2012. 2 Unemployment figure based on June 2014 seasonally adjusted labour force numbers. Decline in GDP based on seasonally adjusted National Accounts ...

Appetite for overseas assets up on last year

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
The proportion of Australian investors planning to increase their exposure to overseas assets is higher this year compared with the same time last year, according to the Certitude Global Investing Index (CGIII). The CGIII, which collates the views of ...

Cbus defends member contact sharing policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... to other circumstances, fail to meet their legal responsibilities to pay superannuation. Across the nation, this unpaid figure is estimated by some to be as much as $1 billion per annum," he said. Following reports in May that Cbus had been improperly ...

Palmer to oppose abolition of LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Clive Palmer has announced his party will block legislation to abolish the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Addressing the National Press Club today, Palmer said: "Palmer United supports the abolition of the mining tax, but cannot support ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens was in Tasmania letting it all rip at the same time that most of us were co-celebrating Dow 17K with our American brethrens on 'Independence Day' eve. On 3 July, Governor Glenn spoke before 'The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a muted showing on European markets and Wall Street being closed for Independence Day on Friday. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,495. ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Recent regulatory changes have removed some of the barriers the Australian corporate bond market has posed to issuers and investors. But Australia is still some way behind its international peers. Mark Smith finds out what more can be done to improve ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market was higher in early trade following on from Wednesday's strong gains and Wall Street hitting record highs overnight. The gains mark a strong start to the new fiscal year after what has been a flat to weak period for Australian ...