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The pathway to professionalism

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... did. Two months later, AMP, National Australia Bank (NAB) and Westpac have put in place higher requirements. The remaining big pillar of the industry, ANZ, has said that it is currently looking at transitioning to a higher standard. For the full story ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... should be protected and enacted, as the current system is sending a misleading message to super fund members. "There is a big difference between payslip reporting of 'accrued' super - which is the amount of super your employer intends to pay to you - ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Talk about being careful... for they might come true. 'Twas not so long ago that Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and the IMF worried about complacency in the financial markets as indicated by low, down on the ground ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... remains firmer. Mr Spooner said buyers were finding good value in resources stocks as well as high yielding stocks such as the big banks and Telstra. At 1200 AEDT, Rio Tinto was 52 cents, or 0.86 per cent, higher at $61.26 after the global miner announced ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... comes to fruition. My database shows that no matter which measure of the slimy stuff you're tracking oil prices are down - big time. Brent oil prices are down by 22.3% to US$86.66 a barrel this year to date. WTI oil is down 16.4% to US$82.25 per barrel. ...

Real return funds growing in stature

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Real return strategies which aim to produce above-inflation performance irrespective of market conditions are becoming a big hit with investors, according to research and ratings house Zenith. The company has given 11 funds a rating, including six new ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Local shares are rebounding as a surge in iron ore prices boosts the big miners. Higher commodity prices were also boosting other sectors, and are likely to help break the share market's recent losing streak, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... more real every day if those sorts of activities continue." Hewson made his comments at the launch of a new report on the big four banks' exposure to 'unburnable carbon risk' by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). The report ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Australian stocks continue to fall, starting the week nearly one per cent lower after posting the biggest decline in 15 months on Friday. Before Monday, the share market had lost more than eight per cent, or more than $130 billion, in value since early ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... many others are thinking what I was thinking... most knew these goings on, but chose to ignore them. If this indeed is the big one - the beginning of the correction the bears have been peddling - why now? Perhaps, it's the calendar. I can only surmise ...