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First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
It's almost over - the first one-fourth of 2014, that is, and what have equity markets got to show for it? They retreated, they bounced back and after (nearly) three months... they did almost zilch. As at yesterday's closing, the All Ordinaries index ...

ASIC bans former authorised representative

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Former director and officer of CS Heritage Securities has been permanently banned from providing financial services by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). The regulator found that Phillip Gregory Spark had engaged in misleading ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

A$ rising on China slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Uh-oh, Governor Glen Stevens won't be a happy little Vegemite this morning. No Virginia... not with headlines proclaiming the Australian dollar's comeback - as in, it's again on the rise against the US dollar. My Bloomberg screen shows the A$ fetched ...

AMP likely to cut hundreds of Melbourne jobs: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Amid its rolling restructure AMP is set to axe more staff and is looking at cutting hundreds of jobs from itsA Melbourne office, the company's second largest outside of the Sydney head office. AMP has informed the Finance Sector Union that there will ...

Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Industry superannuation funds are spending millions of dollars a year on advertising, with some funds' expenditure even exceeding that spent by banks on their own superannuation advertising campaigns, figures released by Nielsen show. However, overall ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a batch of data reinforced optimism that the US economy is recovery. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,313. ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Hehe. Excusez-moi s'il vous plait. Pardon my French, Virginia. Some of the headlines made me do it. The headlines that say Wall Street's up because of easing tensions in the Ukraine and... "improving outlook for the biggest economy" (you know who you ...

MDA provider inks deal with Affinity and Redgum

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Managed discretionary account (MDA) operator, managedaccounts.com.au has inked deals two boutique financial advisory firms to integrate the company's solution into their businesses. The deals with Sydney-based Affinity Wealth Services and Melbourne-based ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Social media usage by super funds generates much more excitement among the funds themselves than it does among its members, reveals research by Rainmaker. The research company reached this conclusion following a survey of social media activity among ...