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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Australian sharemarket is lower in the wake of a surprise move by the Swiss central bank to strengthen its currency. "We're all digesting the shock of the moves in the Swiss franc overnight - that's the talk of all the trading desks," CMC Markets ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
"Francogeddon", "currency tsunami", "shocker", "jaw-dropping". These are some of the words used to describe the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) decision to surrender and abandon the currency peg - erected back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Australian financial institutions looking for ways to creatively counter regulatory overreach should look to MetLife in the US that has set up a website called The Regulation Resource Centre to enlist the help of stakeholders and facilitate positive ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Lack of hedge fund scale forced CalPERS to abandon the sector, not the inability of hedge funds to perform Last month the US$300 billion California public sector pension fund rattled global hedge fund managers when they announced they were cashing out ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has improved a little from its poor start but is still trading lower, after a sharp fall on markets in the United States and Europe overnight. The market slide was generated partly by an International Monetary Fund report ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after disappointing economic data, including a big drop in US consumer confidence. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points ...

Ditch retail prospectuses in some cases, say leading lawyers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
Australia should consider dumping retail investment product providers obligations to issue prospectuses as the quid pro-quo for continuous disclosure, a panel of leading finance industry lawyers has said. The proposal surfaced following the release ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
..."but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down" (continued from yesterday's blurb). Small and almost flat they may be, but gains in the major indices were enough to take Wall Street up again after getting knocked down the previous day through ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... and finally to improving research, measurement and evaluation. The chief executive of the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) Steven MA1/4nchenberg said it would take a number of combined efforts to build financial and consumer literacy in Australia. ...

ME Bank makes key appointment from GE Capital

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... Australasian Retail Credit Association (ARCA), Carlo has been a strong advocate for CCR including representing ARCA and the ABA in Parliamentary Senate hearings," he said. "He's well placed to capitalise on the CCR opportunity for the Bank." Prior to ...