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So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... that! It's so bad. It's much worse than the 0.5% decline that, according to the spinmeisters, got Wall Street suffering an attack of the heebie jeebies. It's even worse than the lowest guess for a 0.8% contraction. It's badder than bad and yet Wall Streeters ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... operation against pro-Russian secessionists rattled markets. In the southern city of Odessa, 38 people died in an arson attack against a trade union building after a day of violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian militants Locally, in economic ...

ISA attacks financial 'short-termism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
A tendency to take a short-term approach to investment is leading to a "destruction of fundamental value" and declining levels of investment to GDP outside the mining sector, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). In its submission to the Financial ...

Allianz launches cyber risk insurance product

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... the top emerging risks for the 21st Century. Allianz has called on all businesses to review their vulnerability to cyber attack and the financial and reputational damage it may cause. "Companies are facing attacks on a daily basis and firms, such as ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were the most ...

Boutiques squeezed out by increasing compliance costs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... from the Stronger Super reforms, the load is likely to get even heavier. The report, titled Boutique Business Model under Attack: Bruised by Regulation, Crippled by Costs?, said while all financial services firms are feeling the pinch, the impact of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... withdrew from the race to lead the US Federal Reserve. Traders welcomed news of a deal aimed at averting a US-led military attack on Syria, as they awaited this week's Federal Reserve meeting at which policymakers are expected to begin winding down the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... withdrew from the race to lead the US Federal Reserve. Traders welcomed news of a deal aimed at averting a US-led military attack on Syria, as they awaited this week's Federal Reserve meeting at which policymakers are expected to begin winding down the ...

Syria on ice and other things nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013