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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... on the back of US Federal Reserve minutes showing no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 1200 AEST among the major banks, ANZ had added 24 cents to $34.10, Westpac had found 28 cents at $34.98, National Australia Bank had climbed 24.5 cents ...

SMSFs need no more regulation: Treasury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... need to be prudentially regulated, Treasury has argued in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry. It said that a major attraction of SMSFs was the light-touch regulation, providing freedom for trustees to engage more closely with their superannuation. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... added 34 cents at $38.22, Rio Tinto gained 71 cents at $65.21, and Fortescue Metals improved 8.5 cents $5.675. Among the major banks, ANZ firmed 36.5 cents to $33.915, Westpac found 35 cents at $34.81, National Australia Bank strengthened 26 cents to ...

Vision Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... Michael's credentials and alignment with the Industry Fund Sector," chief executive Stephen Rowe said. "Michael will make a major contribution to our goal of growing both the super fund and the Vision Pooled Superannuation Trust (VPST), a superannuation ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... Chaney, Woodside vice president Rob Cole, and Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski are slated to speak. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed slightly higher ahead of the release of US job numbers. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... Brun said. "There's been some serious resistance around that level previously, so we're looking for a catalyst." Among the major banks, National Australia Bank had fallen 12 cents to $35.25, Westpac was down 13.5 cents at $34.335, Commonwealth Bank had ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... billion) from $US39.3 billion in January. Meanwhile, US jobless claims last week increased 16,000 to 326,000. Locally, no major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. In Australia, the market on Thursday made modest gains but traders said a ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are looking into ties between high-speed traders and major exchanges, examining whether the firms are getting preferential treatment that puts other investors at a disadvantage. The ...

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Independent global index provider Bloomberg Indexes has acquired a family of well-known Australian indices from UBS. Under the transaction, Bloomberg will acquire all UBS Australia bond indexes, including the benchmark UBS Composite Bond Index. The ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The insurance industry is still behind when it comes to accessing and using customer data to predict consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance ...