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FPA puts TASA back in the agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... requirements to comply with TASA both at an individual practitioner and at a practice level. National roadshows around the country will also take place from April through June addressing TASA and the proposed FoFA amendments. The toolkit includes easy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... sentiment index tumbled to 46 in February from 56 in January. NAHB said unusually severe weather conditions in much of the country was largely to blame for the slump in confidence. LONDON - European stocks markets struggled for direction as investors ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... 'Abenomics' and the three arrows - fiscal stimulus, monetary stimulus and economic restructuring -- designed to lift the country's growth and inflation at the same time. First arrow. Less than a month after Shinzo Abe san was elected PM in December 2012 ...

MetLife's Green returns to Australia to take up interim CEO role

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... "Australia is an important market for MetLife, and we have a robust business and a strong senior management team in the country. I am sure that Damien and the team will work hard to ensure that the transition is seamless and that we continue to move ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... true love - "the figures may be inflated by fake trade transactions, where traders forge deals to sneak cash into the country past capital controls, Reuters reported when the trade numbers were released on the 12th. But by Valentine's Day, the tune was ...

MetLife Australia announces interim CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... "Australia is an important market for MetLife, and we have a robust business and a strong senior management team in the country. I am sure that Damien and the team will work hard to ensure that the transition is seamless and that we continue to move ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... higher after Wall Street shrugged off disappointing retail sales figures. US stocks ended higher despite data showing the country's retail sales unexpectedly fell 0.4 per cent in January, the second straight monthly decline. Investors explained away ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... be making a mountain of a molehill for as per Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia chief economist Saul Eslake, the country's car and car components manufacturing industry accounts for only 0.4% of employment and contributes 0.4% to overall economic ...

New EM bond rater proposes fresh approach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... from Portugal, SR from Brazil, CARE from India and GCR from South Africa. ARC has a combined 6000 clients. Choo Yee Kwan, country risk officer for OCBC Bank in Malaysia, told the Malaysian StarBiz news service that he didn't see ARC competing directly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... manufacturing (PMI) index and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, both for January. In equities news, JB Hi-Fi, Country Road and Argo Investments are expected to release first half results. In Australia, the market on Friday recovered ...