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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... fallen, pulled down by major banks after the Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements. Underwhelmed Apple investors meanwhile sent its shares lower after its much-awaited product launch, adding to a broader tech sector selloff. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... UnitedHealth led gainers, adding 1.5 per cent, while United Technologies topped the loser column down 0.5 per cent. In tech shares, Apple gained 1.2 per cent, Facebook shed 1.8 per cent, and Google lost 1.2 per cent. Burger King shares fell 2.1 per cent ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has urged the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to throw out a controversial report that claims the superannuation system is too expensive. In a submission to the FSI, Herbert Smith Freehills criticises the FSI committee's ...

Licensee transparency far more urgent than advice register

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Establishing a clear and transparent standard for licensees to provide references when an adviser leaves a dealer group is more urgent than the government's advice register, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite another strong session on Wall Street led by corporate giants Apple and Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite another strong session on Wall Street led by corporate giants Apple and Facebook. A strong demand for iPhones in China lifted Apple fiscal third quarter profits up by 11.6 per cent and helped the computing ...

Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
A public register of financial advisers will help "weed out bad apples," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said after the government announced the creation of a working group to consult with stakeholders. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... billion ($A21.6 billion) in additional share repurchases. IBM rose 2.1 per cent after unveiling a "landmark" partnership with Apple in which the two giants will collaborate on applications for Apple's iOS system, which will employ IBM's supercomputing ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
BT and ANZ may need to follow Industry Super Australia (ISA) in clarifying the language of their superannuation advertising campaigns, following a ruling by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over use of the term 'average' in ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... Group, believing the changes favour Westfield Group to the detriment of WRT. "In simple terms, one could say we bought an apple, and now we are being asked to accept an orange," UniSuper said in an investment update to clients. The boards of Westfield ...