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Watching you watching me watching you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... spinmeisters could think of) and down the next (on profit-taking for opposing reasons) has covered the slow grind lower of the major indices this month and for this year to date. This month to date, the S&P 500 index is down 0.6%; the Dow's down 1.2% ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Resources was 0.3 cents lower at 8.1 cents. Fortescue Metals bucked the trend, adding five cents to $4.42 after announcing a major increase in the size of its resources. The banks were also lower, with Commonwealth Bank down 17 cents at $79.36, Westpac ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... to increase the age at which Australians could access their superannuation, he said the government will be announcing a major review of superannuation to make it fiscally sustainable. But the Treasurer said any changes would "not [happen] in this parliament". ...

Don't be afraid of sales, industry funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... things, you're going to get limited pipeline, low win rates, low average deal size and longer sales cycles." He also said major piece of advice he gave AustralianSuper was to focus on white collar as well blue collar workers. "Yes, you may need to change ...

IOOF secures strong advice channel with SFGA bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... billion in FUA; still less than AMP ($106.9bn), but only slightly behind RBS Morgans ($55bn) and Commonwealth Bank ($53bn). Major aligned players such as Westpac, NAB, Macquarie or ANZ would fall behind. SFGA managing director Tony Fenning described ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... of funds into the Philippine stock market had, no doubt, been boosted by the upgrade to its credit ratings by the three major credit ratings agencies -- Fitch Ratings (27 March), Standard & Poor's (3 May) and Moody's (3 October) - last year to investment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... said. At 1020 AEST, BHP Billiton was nine cents higher at $38.39 while Rio Tinto had shed seven cents to $62.71. Among the major banks, National Australia Bank had fallen 11 cents to $33.49, and Westpac had lost four cents to $34.16, and ANZ was down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... cent) to 16,715.44, while the S&P 500 added 0.80 (0.04 per cent) at 1,897.45 after breaching 1,900 for the first time. No major local economic news is expected on Wednesday, following the federal budget's release on Tuesday night. In equities news, the ...

S&P Dow Jones appoints head of Australia and NZ

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... in Australia and New Zealand," S&P Dow Jones Indices chief executive Alex Matturri said. "Daphne's experience across all major asset classes, on both the buy and sell side, is invaluable to our expansion plans in this region. Her appointment allows S&P ...