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Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Governance almost totally eclipses environmental and social factors when it comes to stakeholder concern, a report by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has shown. The report showed that stakeholders with voting rights are overwhelmingly concerned with ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher ahead of the federal budget and after both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 points at 5,468. Analysts ...

Regulation tops Australian business risk survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Regulatory and legislative change has taken over concerns about brand and image as the biggest risk for Australian businesses in 2014. An Aon Australasian Risk Survey saw fears of regulatory and legislative change jump from third to first position in ...

Poll shows low esteem for financial advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Almost 70% of people aged between 35 and 55 do not think they would have benefitted from professional financial advice, a survey conducted by REST Industry Super has found. When asked the question, 'If you received any/more professional advice, do you ...

CBA likely to appoint from within for CIO role

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief information officer Michael Harte will leave the group on mid-2014 to take up the role of chief operations and technology officer of Barclays Bank in London. It is likely that the replacement will come from within the CBA ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian share market is again higher, continuing the gains of the last seven consecutive trading days. Overseas markets were mostly higher, led by strong rises in the US and Germany. Positive sentiment was boosted by the fact that sanctions imposed ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the strongest signal yet that cuts to the Age Pension will headline a raft of belt-tightening measures in the upcoming Budget. In a speech at Sydney's Doltone House yesterday, the Treasurer said that Australia's spending ...

ANZ launches bank-aligned news site

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
ANZ has launched BlueNotes, a corporate digital publication that includes news, opinion and insights from bank executives. "The publication forms part of a strategy to be a leader in engagement with customers, stakeholders and employees through digital ...