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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained following solid manufacturing data from China. At 0830 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,410. China said its official purchasing ...

ICAA questions AFSL system, calls for individual licensing

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) has said that the current practice of individual financial advisers operating under the Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSLs) of institutions could result in a decline of competition and ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street gains on better-than-expected US consumer incomes and spending data and as investors shrug off sabre-rattling over Ukraine. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the June share price index futures ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's decision to temporarily freeze the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, which some stakeholders believe will lead to increased consumer protection. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow international markets and open higher as investors shrug off Russia's move to formally absorb Crimea and begin turning attention to a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following in Wall Street's downward lead after a report showing a drop in small business sentiment and disappointing sales data. At 0812 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was ...

ASIC drops planned MDA changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
Planned changes to the regulation of managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) will not go ahead, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. In a consultation paper released in March last year, ASIC put forward a lengthy ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the S&P 500 hit a new record peak with investors were generally optimistic about growth in the US economy. At 0810 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at ...

Towers Watson appoints insurance exec

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Towers Watson has appointed a new insurance consulting practice leader for Australia after Anton Kapel joined AMP as deputy group actuary in January. Paul Caputo will be Towers Watson insurance consulting practice leader. Caputo has over 25 years' industry ...