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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
The Australian market is set for a modestly higher open higher after a surge in bank stocks fuelled gains on Wall Street. At 0818 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,531. In local economic news, the ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Climate Change is an issue that has never been raised at board level in some of Australia's largest financial institutions, said a prominent economist. Just like during the global financial crisis, when sub-prime risk left many reeling, the investment ...

More risk checks needed for super fund equities

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Australian superannuation funds should increase their modeling of liquidity risk of their large cap equities at the manager and portfolio level, said a senior consultant. Since the GFC, Australian super funds have forgotten the cost of liquidity, and ...

Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Financial advisers should share some of the blame for the slow uptake of retail-level Environmental, Social and Governance investments by their clients, said industry insiders. It isn't necessarily true that responsible investments mean less return ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
The Australian market is set to open lower as weak manufacturing data from the United States caused a fall on Wall Street. However local shares could be boosted later on Tuesday if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cuts the cash rate by 25 basis points ...

FPA praises 'truth in labelling' legislation

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
Draft legislation released yesterday states that only those fully licensed and authorised to provide personal financial advice are actually entitled to call themselves a financial planner/adviser. Currently, under the Corporations Act 2001, there is ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street gains on optimism the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax rises and spending cuts threatening the US with recession can be avoided. At 0643 AEDT on Thursday, the December share ...

Super reforms should not kill off smaller funds: Quadrant

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Super and financial advice reforms don't necessarily have to put small super funds under the pump, according to Quadrant Super CEO Wayne Davy. It is widely anticipated that reforms such as MySuper, and the downward pressure on fees that result, will ...

New retail manager for Franklin Templeton

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Matthew Hattersley as Key Account manager, northern region, for its local retail business. Based in Sydney, Hattersley will have responsibility for national key accounts and dealer group relationships in ...

New rules for HFT trading

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
Retail investors will be protected from the downsides of high frequency trading by a new package of market integrity rules, said Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. Announced yesterday, the new rules include the use of ...