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All that jazz, all nonsense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... that when the headlines screamed, "Payroll Surge Fuels Self-Sustaining U.S. Expansion: Economy" (Bloomberg) last Independence Day eve. Then again, so what? If the US recovery has really hit self-sustenance velocity, then that's more reason to buy is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... higher for the fourth consecutive session, despite a soft lead from overseas. US markets were closed on Friday for the Independence Day public holiday and European stocks mostly finished last week on a negative note, but Morgan's senior private client ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Tasmania letting it all rip at the same time that most of us were co-celebrating Dow 17K with our American brethrens on 'Independence Day' eve. On 3 July, Governor Glenn spoke before 'The Econometric Society Australasian Meeting and the Australian Conference ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher despite a muted showing on European markets and Wall Street being closed for Independence Day on Friday. At 0815 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,495. In ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher despite a muted showing on European markets and Wall Street being closed for Independence Day on Friday. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,495. In ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... is climbing steadily towards the dotcom high established in March 2000. Wall Street's jump was reportedly due to Independence Day for the US economy - that is, last night's payroll stats - employment increased by larger-than-expected 288K in June (that ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... shining, the sky is blue and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker appears to have celebrated America's 'Independence Day' three-days early. You'd be jingling your bells and singing hallelujah too, Virginia, when you look at what happened ...

IOOF and SFGA union rattles top ranks

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... analyst concluded. Bedding said that SFGA advisers "are happy [IOOF] is not a bank or an insurer," as maintaining their independence is one of their main concerns. He adds that IOOF "is good at bringing advisory businesses into the organisation and letting ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... well prepared if the regulator was ever to question the composition of the board." The paper explored definitions of independence, and looked at the views of David Gonski and Roger Urwin, both of whom argued that, while independence was a desirable feature ...

PROFILE: Actuaries Institute CEO David Bell

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... years in Nigeria, where his British father worked for a company that sold heavy switch gear. But following Nigeria's independence in the early 60s, a civil war ensued that made it too dangerous to remain there, and the family moved to his mother's native ...