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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell following disappointing economic data. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,431. US consumer spending, which accounts for ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

Equipsuper removes CFO role, adds key staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Equipsuper has removed the role of chief financial officer and brought all risk and compliance staff under the newly-created position of chief risk officer. As a consequence of the changes in the superannuation fund's leadership team, chief financial ...

Mercer launches retirement adequacy index

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Mercer has launched a new tool that allows superannuation funds to measure whether their members are on track for a comfortable retirement. The Mercer Retirement Readiness Index (RRI) compares a members' projected retirement income against the ASFA ...

December taper, pants on fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... got during previous euro gabfests - agreements to discuss a solution to the crisis at the next summit. C'est la vie. Plus ASa change...

Signature scam adviser banned for life: ASIC

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
A financial adviser who allegedly used a scanned copy of his 72-year-old client's signature to misappropriate $1.5 million in shares is facing a life ban from ASIC and court action. Todd Michael King, of Perth, WA, allegedly used a scanned signature ...

Bell Direct appoints head of BD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Bell Direct has appointed Angela Hayward as head of business development. Hayward's primary responsibility will be to develop the online wholesale broking business, Desktop Broker, within the financial intermediary sector. Hayward has over 18 years ...

No more short-selling: IML

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
One of the country's long-established value fund manager Anton Tagliaferro has urged the Federal Government to re-instate the shorting ban because short-selling threatens the ability of listed companies to raise much-needed equity capital in the next ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... from trading their shares at the time they want to exercise their votes. Meanwhile, the Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA), which is often nominated as the proxy vote holder on behalf of million of dollars worth of shareholder assets, has welcomed ...