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Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Happy Mother's Day! Mothers everywhere must still be bathing in the afterglow of the public (and private) displays of affection showered upon them over the one day of the year especially dedicated to mommies. Mama Mia! The sharp rebound in financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

Suncorp advice exec goes to Equipsuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Equipsuper has appointed a Suncorp and QIC veteran to the role of executive officer, liability management. Troy Rieck has held numerous positions at Suncorp, including portfolio manager, actuarial analyst and most recently executive manager, investment ...

Next stop: US payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
To paraphrase Karen (Carpenter), "there's a kind of hush all over the world overnight". The violent upheaval in the bond and equity markets you, I and Irene witnessed over the past few days appeared to have eased. Perhaps, this is because the selling ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open a touch lower, as gains on Wall Street offset losses in the local market on Thursday. At 0648 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,615. US stocks have pushed higher ...

Terminally ill granted early access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
People suffering a terminal illness will be granted early access to their superannuation savings if they have less than two years to live. The government will amend the provision for early access to superannuation in such cases, following consultation ...

AustralianSuper narrows income protection definition

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
AustralanSuper has made changes to its insurance, including cutting the cost of death cover and some income protection cover and changing definitions that apply to income protection. Starting May 30, members who want to claim income protection will ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
If even a dog can have his day, why not bears? Can't blame 'em Virginia, it's May after all - that month of the year when you, I and Irene are supposed to "sell and go away". But, but... but it may be more than the seasonality this May that's' taking ...

Financial services SMEs top confidence survey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The financial services sector has ranked number one for optimism in the latest survey of SMEs conducted by Bibby Financial Services. Conducted in March, the Bibby Barometer survey quizzed 620 smaller companies (defined as having fewer than 200 employees) ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Can't win 'em all. After getting wrong-footed three for three, expert guessers finally got their RBA rate cut calls correctly - the Australian central bank gave in and delivered a 25 basis point reduction, taking the official cash rate to a new record ...