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New director lands at Qantas Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Qantas Super will welcome a new director later this month following its recent member election for the board position that represents flight attendants. Qantas international customer service supervisor, Bruce Roberts, will join the fund's board as a ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... 1.167 million and also the lowest level in three months. But the sharp jump in the NAHB housing market index to 65 in September (from 59 in August) that was reported a day earlier points to a near-term improvement. Japan trade balance While the world ...

ASIC investigating ASX outage

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison has confirmed that ASIC is investigating September 19's significant disruption to ASX trading. The ASX has blamed the outage, which was the longest in five years, on a "hardware failure" though no other details were ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
US housing market index The NAHB housing market index rose to a reading of 65 in September, a sharp improvement from the previous month's 59 level. This was better than the expected increase to 60 and the best reading since October 2015. Better, all ...

CSC names new board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is welcoming a new director following the departure of Lyn Gearing earlier this month. Joining the CSC board is Ariane Barker. She is currently general manager, products and markets at JBWere and has more ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... where: "Family finances vs a year ago" and "time to buy a major household item" both increased by 3.5% over the month of September - no doubt spurred by the lower interest rates (cash rate of 1.5% versus 2.0% last year) and employment prospects (unemployment ...

Elders appoints joint state manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Elders Financial Planning has appointed a new practice manager for South Australia and Western Australia. Allan Ward will commence the role with Elders on 19 September and will be based in Adelaide, bringing with him extensive experience in financial ...

ASIC hands down more permanent bans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP financial planner from providing financial services, deciding he is "not of good fame and character." Rommel Panganiban of New South Wales, an authorized representative of AMP Financial Planning between 2010 ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... and the VIX index soared by 39.9% at the end of last week's trading activity. Worse than worst, this is happening in September -- the month of the year which, according to 'The Stock Trader's Almanac', is when the stock averages, on average, perform ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
US consumer credit Total US consumer credit went up by US$17.7 billion in July, stronger than the previous month's US14.5 billion increase and more than market expectations for a US$15.6 billion rise. Non-revolving credit - i.e. car and student loans ...