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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... its retail trade figures for May. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is schedule to speak at the Economic Society of Australia, while Vodafone Hutchison Australia chief executive Bill Morrow is slated to address an American Chamber of Commerce ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Benevolent Society is teaming up with Westpac Institutional Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue Australia's second Social Benefit Bond (SBB) to fund the establishment of The Family Preservation Service. The service will focus on ...

Women don't trust financial advisers: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... her planner was seen as "significant". "Planners have to understand where women sit within a family and also within the society, they need to spend more time building trust and knowing what women want before trying to sell them anything," Russell said. ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... that found that all five ex-Bank of Japan (BOJ) officials doubt whether 'Abenomics' would succeed because of its "aging society" and four "seeing little chance that the BOJ will achieve its 2 percent inflation target". That's Japan's nasty news. But ...

New FPA member base shows changing face of industry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... background and with the emphasis now on empathy and relationships, it helps that planners come from a broad cross-section of society." Female financial planners represented 32% of the new membership, while Generation X accounted for 48%. FPA chief executive ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... wake of the global financial crisis, it said that unintended consequences are likely to slow global growth. "The view of society as a whole, and legislative bodies in particular, is that as the banks failed them, action to address this failure is entirely ...

BFO board adds Vamos and Chronican

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... challenges and make decisions," Vamos said. "The Banking and Finance Oath affirms respect for the position of trust that society gives to banking and finance workers, and effective leadership plays an important role in setting the right example," Chronican ...

Magellan wins $3bn milestone mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... Chinese consumer market and is also looking at technology companies. "We are also excited about something we call cashless society and we continue to see a convergence of technology and obviously credit cards and payment through internet," he said. Casarotti ...

New chair at Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... approach to solving the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Prior to that, Bun has worked for The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace Australia, Choice, the CSIRO and a number of financial organisations, including as a director of Allen Consulting ...

Falling interest rates undermine seniors' confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... carried out in partnership with Newspoll, measures Australian's attitudes to the future of the economy, the environment and society, as well as their overall happiness. Peiris said that people over the age of 65 had seen their optimism eroded particularly ...