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Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... it's certainly hard to miss that despite the All Ord's two straight months of decline - down 4.9% in May and down 2.8% in June - Australian equities can still say sing 'happy EOFY'. For the index is up 15.5% at the end of the 2012/2013 FY. Not too far ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following strong falls on Wall Street overnight. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4762. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Australia's share market has opened marginally higher as upbeat American employment and home sales data adds a small bounce. But the third straight session of gains on Wall Street is unlikely to help the local share market finish in firmer territory ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after positive rallies on overseas markets as traders digested news of an unexpected drop in German unemployment, solid data from the US and comments from a top Federal Reserve official that the central ...

Former Everest CEO banned from financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
Former chief executive of Everest Financial Group Jeremy Michael Reid has been banned from the financial services industry for two years. Reid has entered into an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Committee ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

Suncorp forced to improve compliance after ASIC review

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Suncorp Group has been forced to make changes to its compliance process after a review by the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC) over breaches that affected more than 849,000 customers. The breaches that Suncorp reported to ASIC ...

BlackRock head of multi-manager departs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
BlackRock Australia has confirmed Scott Phillips, head of advisor networks and multi-manager, has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Phillips finished with BlackRock on 25 June 2013. Commenting on Phillips' departure BlackRock head of retail ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a mixed performance on Wall Street as the fallout continues from the US Federal Reserve's signalling it could soon start winding back its stimulus measures. At 0757 AEST on Monday, the June share ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
"...And then I go and spoil it all by sayin' something stupid like 'we'll taper soon'." Sorry to spoil your immortal classic Frank (Sinatra) but "I love you" just doesn't apply to Ben Bernanke right now. Not with the trashing the equity markets, the ...