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Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
The Volcker rule intended to be help protect banks from future failure is being torn between critics who think it will gut the US corporate bond market and Congressmen who think it still contains too many loopholes. Meanwhile, former US Treasury Secretary ...

Research houses in regulatory spotlight

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
ASIC has put down proposals to completely separate research houses from their business units to ensure conflicts of interest are properly managed. The consultation paper was developed over concerns about the independence and quality of research reports. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, following the positive lead of the Dow Jones overnight despite no sign US unemployment was letting up nor America's growth picking up substantially. At 0620 AEDT on Thursday, the December share ...

MilitarySuper chief executive to stand down

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Michael Seton is stepping down as chief executive of MilitarySuper from next month following the fund's merger with the ARIA group of funds in July. Seton has been at the helm of MilitarySuper since October 2010 when he took over from Paul Watson. Previously ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
The Australian share market lost more ground during intra-day trading, with mining stocks falling on a negative outlook for iron ore prices. The major indices opened around one per cent lower and by midday had marked deeper losses. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Butterworth to leave DKN

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Phil Butterworth, chief executive of financial service provider DKN, will leave the group this Friday just weeks after it successfully merged with IOOF. The merged group said Butterworth was leaving of his own accord to pursue new opportunities, his ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
They came, they met and greeted, they blah, they announced. I'm talking about the weekend meeting in Paris of the Group of 20 biggest and most powerful moneymen in the world, of course. Yes Virginia, we were kept in suspense this past weekend to be ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Wake up people, there's no time to let Monday-itis get the better of us - especially not this Monday. Not when there's news a -plenty to digest. There's good news to stir the animal spirits among the bulls... bad news to keep the bears on the pounce... ...

AFS to focus on independent market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
Independent dealer group, Australian Financial Services Group, has declined three alliance and merger offers from fellow planning groups as it renews its focus with new products and restructure, including a new MDA facility. The Australian Financial ...

Planning software's big five rated

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
The Investment Trends 2011 Planner Technology Report, which surveyed over 1,396 financial planners in July this year, found an overall improvement in satisfaction with planning software with 52% rating their software 'good' or 'very good'. Financial ...