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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly gained following some solid retail earnings reports and with help from bond yields, which retreated from recent peaks. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index ...

NAB tight-lipped on latest redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has put the latest string of redundancies down to "natural attrition", after it was reported that around 15 members of NAB's custody arm, NAB Asset Servicing, had lost their jobs. This followed last week's large scale redundancies ...

Biggest weekly drop since and other scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013

AMP profits up 5.4% despite insurance disappointment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
AMP Limited's half-year profits are up 5.4% to $393 million following strong performance from its wealth management and investment businesses. The disappointing performance of the financial services company's insurance business was the only black mark ...

Trio director strikes back and takes APRA to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
Former Trio Capital director David Millhouse is to counterattack the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) decision to start proceedings in the Federal Court to disqualify him from financial services. Millhouse has decided to launch legal ...

AIA tackles spike in mental illness-related claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
Life insurer AIA Australia has launched a paper exploring ways of getting employees suffering from mental illness back into work, after a spike in total and permanent disability (TPD) claims has put serious pressure on the life insurance industry. The ...

FoFA FDS uncertainty remains

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation needs more changes to eliminate grey areas, but any modifications will have to be legislated to be meaningful. Fee disclosure statements (FDS) are one of the main issues of concern for financial advisers ...

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Infrastructure debt 'not that scary': AusSuper chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout has urged state governments not to be afraid of going into debt if the money is used to fund infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' 'Funding Australia's Future' forum in ...

Provisio launches free online trial for IFAs

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Small-to-medium enterprises and IFAs will now have access to Provisio Technologies' (Provisio) online scaled advice system via a free online trial. Prior to this the financial advice technology firm's advice tools had been used by major superannuation ...