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Life insurers sponsor mental illness awareness day

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... government has a moral obligation to ensure - through interventionist public policy if necessary - that all aspects of the market are subject to competitive forces. Fletcher said a coalition government would introduce the recommendations of the Cooper ...

Asian LGBT advice firm headhunts Aussie planners

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... transgender people are now more open about their lifestyles and savvy advisers are recognising they can fill a gap in the market. The debate around gay marriage is also topical around the world with many jurisdictions considering changes to laws to put ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... and agency mortgage-backed securities, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate, until the outlook for the labor market has improved substantially in a context of price stability. The Committee is prepared to increase or reduce the pace of its ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The Australian stock market looks set to open firmer after Wall Street posted fresh highs during offshore trading. At 0824 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was 11 points higher at 5,022 points, with 3,792 contracts traded. ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... that's what the headlines tell. And this, all because a significant number data points - all two of 'em -- disappointed market expectations. There was the ADP Research Institute payrolls report that showed only 158,000 private sector jobs were created ...

Powerwrap acquires MWH Capital

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... execution capability to the group, is aimed at growing its presence in the personal investment and broker segments of the market. "Joining forces gives us the ability to offer a completely customisable end to end solution for advisers, brokers and their ...

ASIC eases fears on high frequency trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... high frequency trading (HFT) are mostly unfounded. The much-anticipated report, released today, follows investigation into market prices by two internal task forces since June 2012. Electronic, algorithm-based trading has been in use since the 1970s ...

Advisers open to double allocation to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... put forward a strong defense for Aussie equities, championing the investment potential of 'thoroughbreds' in the domestic market - companies with high returns and the ability to reinvest. The fund manager also talked of the need for income in a low growth ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... markets are very different, the problem for local investors is that the sheer weight of overseas forces will swamp domestic market sentiment. Meantime, some currency forecasters are now tipping the AUD to reach US$1.10 - due to US money printing and ...