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Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... more than five per cent slump as investors brushed off the latest measures to temper a sell-off that has put the index into bear territory. However, the benchmark recovered marginally to end 3.48 per cent, or 140.93 points, down at 3,912.77 - it has ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
A report to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) identifies that One Big Switch contained potentially false and misleading statements in recent insurance campaigns. Appointed by ASIC to review One Big Switch's compliance with ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... that this bounce will not last. Greek fundamentals will again re-assert themselves... and they're not good. The classic "bear trap". I wouldn't wait for the others to 'sell on news' of a Greek deal. No siree! This is also because news that the present ...

Super funds advised to be smart with technology

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... on behalf of members that do not make an investment decision. In a default fund the trustee sets the strategy and members bear all the risk." He said superannuation funds need to be ready to service a client who might want to make changes to their insurance ...

AMP Capital fundamental equities head retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
AMP Capital's head of fundamental equities has announced her retirement. Ella Brown joined the company in 2011, where she oversaw many aspects of AMP Capital's Global equities and fixed income division. Prior to that, she held non-executive investment ...

Remuneration has no bearing on advice quality

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The head of Bombora Advice, which has just acquired two new financial advice practices, has defended commission based remuneration structures for risk advisers. Commenting on the recent inquiries into commission-based remuneration structures in the ...

World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... only itself to blame for failing to engage in a constructive manner with investors, governments and regulators and now must bear the brunt of the largest fund in the world looking elsewhere to meet its financial targets." As reported in Financial Standard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after the Nasdaq index on Wall Street bolted to a fresh record peak. At 0646 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,750. Locally on Thursday, the Australian ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Move on people, nothing to see here today. Go away and enjoy a long lunch or plant a tree. This applies to equity markets seeking direction from overnight activity on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial index weaved and bobbed through intra-day trade ...

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... for several years. So when you think about the bond sell-off that is rattling investors around the world at the moment just bear that in mind," he said. "The environment has not changed that much - in fact when you look at business conditions indicators ...