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Low rates force banks to change term deposit strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... during the last year, the Roy Morgan Consumer Single Source survey found. However, the number of bank clients holding a bonus interest or a reward account increased by 709,000 to 4.55 million people from March 2013 to March 2014. "Term deposits generally ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Businesses offered $10k to hire over-50s

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Businesses will be paid $10,000 for employing workers over 50, the government is expected to announce in this evening's budget. The initiative will go alongside a staggered rise in the Age Pension eligibility age, reaching age 70 by 2035. Under the ...

Wilson HTM confirms managing director appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) that Grant's base salary will be $400,000 per annum and that he is entitled to receive a bonus based on profitability for the 2014 financial year. Wilson HTM experienced a period of "disruptions" that resulted in ...

Whistleblower claims the existence of 100 CBA rogue advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser and whistleblower Jeffrey Morris has "no doubt" that a proper investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) would reveal at least 100 current or former rogue CBA advisers. ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has announced that he will stand down from the front bench during theA hearingsA of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into Australia Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is due to be witness at ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Federal Opposition is putting pressure on Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to make a full statement to the Senate about his involvement with Australia Water Holdings (AWH) which is at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
A Labor MP has called for Assistant Treasurer Senator Arthur Sinodinos to step aside during the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into his involvement with the Eddie Obeid-linked Australian Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is set ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
ASIC has permanently banned David St Pierre, a former Westpac bank home finance manager from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after encouraging vulnerable clients to borrow against their homes for investments. St Pierre ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
"I was only joking my dear Looking for a way to hide my fear What kind of fool was I I could never win." - Rod Stewart President Putin fought the G7... and the G7 won. At least that's how it appears after Vladimir ordered his Russian troops back to ...