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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The Australian market has opened flat after already adjusting to the news of unrest in Ukraine. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market was the first to move on Monday to news that Ukraine was on the brink of war with Russia ...

Standard Life Inv steps up shareholder activism

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Global investment manager Standard Life Investments has said it is enjoying the benefits of new regulations which promote shareholder activism. In 2013 regulators around the world introduced new laws and regulations designed to strengthen corporate ...

Compliance costs Aussie advisers $15k versus global peers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The extra time Australian advisers spend on administration and compliance compared to global advisers is costing them more than $15,000 a year, according to research by CoreData. Administration and compliance make up about 30% of Australian advisers' ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Go ahead punks, make my day! Did Russian President Vladimir Putin just give the G7 a two-handed one finger salute? This is if latest reports are true that Russia has given Ukraine's military forces in Crimea to surrender or face an all out assault ...

Synchron pushes for providers' direct payment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
Synchron and law firm Lander & Rogers are seeking to amend the Corporations Law Act to allow financial advisers to receive payments directly from providers. The licensee will be making a submission to Treasury to amend Section 911A of the Act, which ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
The Murray inquiry must review the role of the financial regulators to ensure that they remain within their remit of regulation enforcement, Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has said. Speaking at the launch of the FSC/Deloitte ...

ACCI board appoints new CEO

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has appointed of Kate Carnell to the position of chief executive officer. Carnell will take up the Canberra based appointment in May 2014. "The appointment has been made following a comprehensive recruitment ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
The Australian share market has opened flat following weak overseas leads from the US. Gains in heavyweight Australian mining stocks have been offset by falls in Telstra - which has gone ex-dividend - and fellow large companies Woodside Petroleum and ...

SFG growth not affected by FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
SFG Australia has reported a strong half year result, which it says was not affected by the implementation costs of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. SFG operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open strongly higher after gains on Wall Street and European bourses fuelled by signs of solid business activity and stable eurozone inflation. At 0830 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...