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Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
It's a hat trick. It's three for three. Three times that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) wrong-footed market expectations. Governor Glenn Stevens cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25% back in February when markets expected ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut have given the share market a post-Easter boost, with virtually all sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

Rice Warner chief supports commissions cap

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said the commission structure proposed in the Trowbridge Report is a "necessary improvement". In an article written for Rice Warner's INSIGHTS section, he noted the difficulty of changing established remuneration ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
The sharemarket has opened higher on expectations of an interest rate cut after the price of Australia's largest export, iron ore, fell to fresh lows. The iron ore price dropped below $US50 a tonne overnight, extending a run of losses that began a week ...

Super breaks $2trn on way to $9trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Superannuation has now passed through $2 trillion and is well on its way to exceeding $9 trillion over the next 20 years, according to new research released by Rainmaker. While official figures are yet to confirm the $2 trillion marker has been crossed ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Remember the, "That 40% odds of an April rate cut last week - up from 36% the week before - has now risen to 68% this week" I typed on this space 24 hours ago? They've just gone up to 72% and the Australian dollar's fall to a low of US$0.7597 (down ...

Bland retires from IRESS

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
IRESS has announced the appointment of John Harris as chief financial officer. It follows the retirement of previous chief financial officer, Stu Bland, who leaves IRESS from October 2015. IRESS chief executive, Andrew Walsh, said Bland "has made an ...

ASIC bans Commonwealth Financial Planning employee

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
ASIC has banned Commonwealth Financial Planning employee Rebecca Locksley from providing financial services for 18 months, after finding she created false documents for client files. Locksley of Merewether, New South Wales, was the servicing planner ...

Don't take our franking credits: Taxpayers Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Removing dividend imputation will lower returns and favour wealthy overseas investors over local retirees who rely on dividend income and the reduced tax from franking credits, according to Taxpayers Australia. TAL head of superannuation and Taxpayers ...