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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian share market has rebounded after suffering its biggest fall in three months on Thursday. All sectors were higher, except gold. Quay Equities managing director David Reynolds said the recovery showed Thursday's sell-off had been over-done ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
While US federal and state governments explore ways to boost private savings among Americans and introduce fiduciary standards for advisers, a major association has said a more important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. ...

Vertically-integrated advice model can work

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Despite recent controversies, vertical integration can work if implemented properly, according to Australian Bankers' Association chief executive Steven MA1/4nchenberg. Speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum, MA1/4nchenberg said that conflicts were inherent ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Markit Economics' flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) data dump yesterday gives us the lay of the land for first quarter economy and beyond. While it's tempting to correlate these PMI readings with the effectiveness (or not) of the monetary policy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell amid signs that US inflation is rising. At 0827 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,968. In local economic news on Wednesday, the ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Appetite for life insurance is growing in younger, lower-income households and dropping in older, more affluent demographic groups. This is the conclusion of TAL's 2015 Australian Financial Protection Index, based on an online survey of 1,266 Australians ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Call it what you will -- 'patient panic' or 'patient party' - the fact is all and sundry dropped what they were doing to hear (or not hear), read (or not read) the word 'patient' from the Fed. It's there no more... with "not impatient" taking over its ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
APRA has made multiple changes to its senior executive team. Steve Matthews has been appointed executive general manager, corporate services, having been APRA's chief financial officer since 2010. Brandon Khoo replaces Keith Chapman as executive general ...

Instos prefer direct infra investment over funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Institutional investors' demand for direct infrastructure has outgrown the demand for fund commitments, the 2015 Preqin Global Infrastructure Report found. Only two years ago, 91% of investors were looking to invest in infrastructure through managed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street surged more than one per cent following the Federal Reserve's statement on interest rates. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. ...