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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... per cent, to $44.19. Mr Le Brun said the energy sector was also pulling back after world oil prices fell sharply overnight. West Texas Intermediate for April dived $2.82 to close Thursday at $48.17 a barrel. Woodside Petroleum was down 21 cents to $34.69 ...

ASIC bans former Westpac problem gambler

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
ASIC has permanently banned a former Westpac home finance manager from practicing financial services. Ravinesh Singh was convicted of fraud after working at Westpac's Market Street branch in 2011 and 2012, where he withdrew over $113,000 using eight ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The share market is weaker a day after hitting a fresh seven-year high, with the banks and miners in the red. Investor profit taking was the most likely reason for the market's retreat on Thursday, Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan ...

Altair AM signs equity mandates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
It is understood that high-conviction Australian equities fund manager Altair Asset Management signed a $30 million managed accounts mandate with a financial planning group in December and an Australian equities mandate with an undisclosed industry ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The market has opened flat despite fresh records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates. CommSec chief economist Craig James says there were impressive international ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve chief indicated the US central bank was in no hurry to raise its interest rate. At 0833 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
The Australian share market is pushing higher after market heavyweight BHP Billiton increased its dividend and announced fresh cost cutting. On a busy day of corporate earnings reports, BHP Billiton had the healthiest market reaction, with shares up ...

Big four banks missing out on customer wealth management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australia's biggest banks are struggling to access their customers' wealth management business, according to the latest Roy Morgan Consumer Single Source Survey. The survey showed that all four banks have had difficulty cross-selling wealth management ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Westpac and Commonwealth Bank-owned Count Financial are among the 10 licensees forced to undertake corrective action following concerns by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) concerns about financial advice relating to complex ...