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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is flat with gains among the major miners offset by the major banks. Better commodity prices and excitement about a possible merger between Rio Tinto and Glencore Xstrata had bolstered resource stocks, IG Markets market strategist ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Mother's made an outing last Friday night in America - and she came bearing good tidings. Mother, of course, is the US non-farm payrolls report - considered "the mother of all economic statistics". US employment increased by 248K last month following ...

BNY Mellon parts ways with investment strategist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
BNY Mellon Investment Management vice president of intermediary relationships and investment strategist Brigette Leckie has left the business, a spokesperson has confirmed. Leckie joined the company in July 2012 and was responsible for the expansion ...

Super returns lift to 11.1%

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index increased during August to return 11.1% compared 10.6% at end July, albeit still down from June's 12.7%. Three year super fund average annual returns are also 11.1% pa with ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Coalition defeated a Labor motion to disallow the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation after it secured the support from Palmer United Party (PUP) and other crossbench Senators. Labor Senator Sam Dastiary's attempt to disallow ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Looks like Halloween has come early to Wall Street. Equity indices fell -- big time -- on 'The Street' right at the stroke of October. The Dow's down 1.4% (with Transport down 2.5%); the S&P 500 fell 1.3%; the Nasdaq's off 1.6% and the Russell 2000's ...

ASIC suspends advice firm for three months

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has suspended a boutique financial planning practice for three months after it failed to comply with its compliance obligations. Protect Ensure, with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, has had ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
an you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? The heebie-jeebies, that is, coz it's October. September maybe the month which, on average, is the worst month of the year but October - few and far between they may be - is the month of spectacular ...

Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government's reforms to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) could be disallowed by Nationals' Senator John Williams after he staged a parliamentary confrontation against Finance Minister and Liberal Senator Mathias Cormann. The Senate Standing ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government finally looks set to provide capital gains taxation relief for merging super funds after years of pressure from the superannuation industry. This week Treasury has released a consultation paper recommending concrete amendments to the ...