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China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... "humanitarian mission" to Ukraine word. Good news (for now) on geo-politics aside, there's also good news on that big country that has been conspicuous in its silence on geo-politics - and its name is China. Weekend news reported that China's inflation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... unchanged at 0.15 per cent at its regular policy meeting on Thursday, two months after easing monetary conditions in the 18-country euro area. The euro dipped to $US1.355, down from $US1.3381 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks mostly ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
Australian Ethical has made it possible for Australians to investing in ethical fixed interest assets for the first time with the launch of a new fund. The Australian Ethical Fixed Interest Trust comprises a diversified portfolio of Australian dollar-denominated ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... Treasurer Joe Hockey had "failed to explain" why Australians "can be reasonably expected to work to 70," saying no developed country in the world had gone that far. In response to Hockey's complaint the media was unfair on his budget, Bowen said: "If ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... oil producer and the only route for Caspian energy to western markets that bypasses Russia" while as per Reuters, the country is "host to oil majors including BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil". Think what Putin could do if, like Crimea, he decides to annex ...

Advice register talks focus on financial advice scope

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... advice; some give general or scoped advice. De Gori proposed that the register should capture "every individual in the country who provides financial advice: who they are, who they work for and their work history." However, De Gori noted that capturing ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... controlled by the Russian government. Standard & Poor's has declared Argentina in "selective default" on its bonds, as the country passed the final deadline for making a $US539 million ($A583 million) payment on its restructured debt. Locally, the big ...

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Pepsi had nearly $5 billion in net revenue in Russia in 2012, accounting for 7.42% of their total net revenue, and the country also represents one of Pepsi's fastest-growing markets. The company has been buying up Russian firms, including a $5.4 billion ...

In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... speaking at the conference. With regulation front of mind for an advocacy organisation, one panel session will feature the country's key regulators - ASIC's deputy chair Peter Kell,A APRA's deputy chair Ian Laughlin and the Treasury Department's executive ...

Advisers eye opportunity in identity theft protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... The US Department of Justice said that approximately 7% of households are the victims of identity theft each year. The country has introduced new rules that require specific categories of financial adviser to develop and implement a written identity ...