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Aust shares weaken ahead of RBA minutes

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as traders nervously await the Reserve Bank's June board meeting minutes, with the big banks and miners suffering losses. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were regarding a July rate cut as a less likely prospect. ...

Fund CEOs slam MySuper as 'death by a thousand cuts'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... self-directed offerings - 'SMSF lookalikes' as one chief executive put it. Other concerns were the increasing strength of the big four banks in the super sector; the need to source better member information through data mining; and improved communication ...

No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... in bond portfolios, greater sophistication from the Fed this time around, should prevent that situation from arising. "The big difference between now and 1994 is the Fed's much improved communication with the market. In 1994, yields rose quickly because ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of US Fed meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Still, Mr Russell said the banks' slide had more to do with profit taking, following a recovery at the end of last week. The big miners are also weaker, with BHP Billiton shedding 48 cents to $32.43 and Rio Tinto losing $1.07 to $52.91, following a drop ...

Retail managed funds' fortune set to slide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Retail managed funds grew by 4.5% in the March quarter, but this growth is likely to be undone by a poor June quarter, according to figures released by Plan For Life Actuaries & Researchers. Overall retail managed funds grew by $24 billion in the first ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
This is it! The is the time, this is the moment, this is the week when the most powerful man in the world set the record straight on this whole Fed tapering/unwinding/scaling back business. Can you hear that too, Virginia? The financial markets' collective ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... release of a consultation paper by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Widely seen as an alternative to big platforms, the AMFS will be exempt from regulations demanding 'wet signatures' on product disclosure statements (PDSs). ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Benevolent Society is teaming up with Westpac Institutional Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue Australia's second Social Benefit Bond (SBB) to fund the establishment of The Family Preservation Service. The service will focus on ...

Big groups court AFS advisers with inducements

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Australian Financial Services (AFS) Group practices have been offered substantial financial deals to join bigger groups after the group entered into administration, according to a former AFS chief executive. Beacon Financial managing director former ...

Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Dark pools are damaging overall price discovery and market quality in the US, according to new research by Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC). Researchers from the Australian independent academic centre for capital market research looked ...