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Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Federal Open Market Committee's surprise decision not to begin tapering its stimulus measures has brought a fresh wave of confidence to Australian investors, according to industry experts. Federal Reserve chairman Ban Bernanke said the US would ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher after the US Federal Reserve surprised investors by deciding to continue with its $US85 billion-a-month stimulus scheme. The All Ordinaries had jumped 59.7 points, or 1.14 per cent, to 5,290.1 after opening ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
The Australian stock market has started lower as traders sit on the sidelines following recent gains and ahead of this week's meeting of the Federal Reserve. RBS Morgans senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton said traders appeared to have been ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The Australian stock market has started lower as traders sit on the sidelines following recent gains and ahead of this week's meeting of the Federal Reserve. RBS Morgans senior private client adviser Bill Chatterton said traders appeared to have been ...

Industry agrees: SMSFs are not for everyone

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
Industry bodies have welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) consultation paper asking for better regulation for establishing and advising self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). "The announcement by ASIC today is consistent ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
Australian shares have rallied to a fresh five-year high following news former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers with withdrawn his candidacy to become the next Federal Reserve chairman. Mr Summers' decision means Professor Janet Yellen, the Fed's ...

AXA fined for poor advice in the UK

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... will have to pay a fine of more than A$3 million to customers of NAB-owned Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, as well as West Bromwich Building Society. "It is of fundamental importance that firms providing investment advice take reasonable care to ...

NAB delays staff salary increases

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
While ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have recently agreed to improve employees' working conditions, National Australia Bank's (NAB's) answer to the Financial Services Union (FSU) demands was "mean and disappointing." The FSU said that NAB offered ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Australian shares are flat as investors stand by for unemployment data for August. The local market closed at the highest point since June 2008 on Wednesday, after posting several days of gains following a coalition election victory. But CommSec market ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Australian shares are flat as investors stand by for unemployment data for August. The local market closed at the highest point since June 2008 on Wednesday, after posting several days of gains following a coalition election victory. But CommSec market ...