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Good Budget, bad Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
"Dizzy, I'm so dizzy my head is spinning A Like a whirlpool it never ends..." A -Tommy Roe Done listening, watching and reading all about whys, hows, whens and wherefores of Budget 2015-16? I know I am, I'm so, like... over it. By the by, Financial ...

IFAs to benefit from budget

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The 2015 budget's $5.5 billion jobs and small business package will benefit independent financial advice businesses, according to industry commentators. The package includes a 1.5% tax cut for all small business (incorporated or not), a 5% tax discount ...

CCMC chief executive appointed as lead ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The chief executive of the Code Compliance Monitoring Committee (CCMC) for the Code of Banking Practice, June Smith, will be leaving to expand her role at the Financial Ombudsman Service from July. Smith, who is also currently the general manager of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0646 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,570. Locally on Tuesday, official housing finance figures for March ...

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Former ANZ advice director Paul Barrett has acquired Commonwealth Bank-owned Eureka Whittaker Macnaught through his financial planning business AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). This is the group's first acquisition, but Barrett confirmed that it ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
To paraphrase Karen (Carpenter), "there's a kind of hush all over the world overnight". The violent upheaval in the bond and equity markets you, I and Irene witnessed over the past few days appeared to have eased. Perhaps, this is because the selling ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open a touch lower, as gains on Wall Street offset losses in the local market on Thursday. At 0648 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,615. US stocks have pushed higher ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after US stocks lost ground overnight. At 0651 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 24 points at 5,631. Wall Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 50 points at 5,754. US stocks tumbled overnight on worries about higher oil prices and tensions ...