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Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... going to Do you know?" - Diana Ross, 'Theme from Mahogany" Last week was another good week for equity markets with most major benchmark indices finishing with green lights blinking brightly. Has the global outlook changed that much as the calendar turned ...

T+2 settlement arrives on Monday

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... are not near maturing; supernational; corporate bonds and commonwealth inflation bonds. T+2 settlement already operates in major markets including Europe and Hong Kong. The United States and Canada have proposed moving to T+2 in September 2017.

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... decreased by 1.1%. But while the Australian trade figures hogged the headlines - as they should for trade is one of the major components of GDP - the latest Australian Industry Group (AiG) Performance of Services survey indicates that the good tidings ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... the numbers show that only Australia's economy accelerated in the fourth quarter (in year-on-year terms) relative to the major economies. Year-on-year GDP growth rates slowed in the US from 2.2 in Q3 to 1.9% in Q4; in the Eurozone from 1.6% to 1.5% ...

Joyce Phillips leaves in ANZ restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... and compliance and through market-leading innovations such as goMoney, Grow and Smart Choice Super. "Joyce has also made a major contribution through her leadership of marketing, including significantly increasing the value of the ANZ brand in the region ...

Governance reform not targeting industry funds: O'Dwyer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer has insisted the proposed governance reforms for superannuation funds are not targeting the not-for-profit sector in a speech where she cited the privacy breach at Cbus as a sign that ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... managers and investors both domestic and international. She has extensive experience managing complex tax-related matters for major multinationals, publicly listed companies and Australian IPOs across the financial services, property, mining, energy ...

FSC reveals six-point super plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
The Financial Services Council has released its six-point plan to make Australia's superannuation system more robust. As per the FSC's statement, the first three points are: "Give every Australian saver cast-iron confidence in the system. Take it out ...

ASX "debutantes" beating market dips

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Despite ongoing volatility in domestic equities, initial public offerings retain strong growth momentum and continue to outperform the ASX 200 index. Deloitte's 2016 IPO report shows that $17.6 billion in new equity came into the Australian market in ...

Financial services adding more to economy than mining

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... decades. At 9.3% of the national economy, it is larger than mining, agriculture or manufacturing. Financial services is a major employer in the Australian economy accounting for 3.8% or 451,000 Australian jobs of which 52% are women. The report contains ...