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The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

FSI flooded with second round submissions

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... FSI over 5,000 submissions were received on the issue of "credit card surcharges" and around 700 covered the issue of "too-big-to fail" or "bail in." The reaction to the call for first round submissions was much more muted with only 280 being received ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... major airliner Virgin reported on Friday that it almost tripled its losses on the previous years but its shares were flat. The big four banks were enjoyed a positive bump, as Commonwealth lifted 16 cents to $81.29, ANZ gained eight cents to $33.45, NAB ...

Super contributions back to pre-crisis levels

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Contributions to APRA-regulated superannuation funds are the strongest they've been since the on-set of the global financial crisis, according to a research report by the Financial Services Council (FSC). Total contributions for the 2013-14 year were ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
Oh no! Bloody Vlad's back! Wall Street and the rest of 'em equity markets flashed red from New York to Rio and old London town as geo-political risks resurfaced following reports of Russian 'incursion' into Ukraine. That's if you believe this morning's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... is tight among the sectors, with only telecommunication stocks up slightly and no sector more than 0.8 per cent down. The big miners fell as the iron ore price hit $US88 a tonne and was close to five year lows. BHP Billiton had lost 19 cents to $37.14 ...

Select chair to become OneVue deputy CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... the financial services sector, both on the fund services side of the business and in platform services. This year has been a big year for us however it has set the foundation for the years ahead. Becoming a public company and the acquisition of Select ...

Consumers overwhelmingly positive about super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... 86% of Australians said they supported superannuation, a figure which FSC chief executive John Brogden described as "a very big endorsement," adding: "Banks would die to have numbers like that." However, both Brogden and ING Direct chief executive Vaughn ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... cents to $2.035, after it posted a $149.2 million profit for 2013/14, turning around its $70 million loss a year earlier. The big four banks were all up as Commonwealth Bank rose 33 cents to $81.07, Westpac lifted 17 cents to $35.08, ANZ climbed 21 cents ...

Profit up and new products for ClearView

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
ClearView Wealth has posted a 23% increase in after tax profit for the full year to 30 June while also announcing it is entering the low cost product market for low account balance investors. Underlying net profit after tax grew from $16 million for ...