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Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... talked up the Government's banking reforms, dubbing them "a better banking deal" for consumers amid last week's call for a major financial system review. Former committee member at the Wallis Inquiry, Ian Harper last week issued a Deloitte Access Economics ...

Further dark pool regulation premature: Fidessa

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... and a negative impact on price discovery. "New Australian research demonstrates that fragmentation of the lit market has a major impact on transaction costs in the Australian market where volume and liquidity are low relative to larger markets such as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... composite soon followed. The S&P 500 rose 3.07 to 1,405.87. The Nasdaq composite rose 2.22 to 3,020.86. In a week with no major developments in Europe's debt crisis, and no surprising reports on the US economy, the market struggled to figure out which ...

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... year to July -- I don't see any dramatic slowdown happening in China. While the receding European economy is definitely a major contributing factor to the sharp easing in Chinese export growth, note too that some months back the politburo told us all ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... migrant workers. Not only this, Pit Crew Management Consulting Services - which consults on future staffing requirements to major miners - calculates that there would still be skills shortages even if half the planned resources projects now in process ...

Dwyer named fund exec of year

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... shared culture across the merged Fund and has led to an exceptional member retention rate and has prepared the business for major industry reform." Dwyer was selected for the award by a panel composed of industry leaders and peers. He will receive a ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... than just assessing ESG at a company level. The ability of macro-level ESG issues to undermine investors' interest was a major theme raised at the recent UN PRI conference, said Domagala. The conference - held in Rio De Janeiro last month - was attended ...

Australians lack genuine banking sector competition

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... over 1,000 respondents, 66% of Australians said consumers would get a better deal if there were more competitors to the major banks. The Essential Report found that 73% of respondents said large institutional investors get the most benefit from the big ...

Life insurance industry under pressure

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Attracting new capital to build a more sustainable life insurance industry is currently one of the major challenges faced by Australian insurers, according to TAL. Jim Minto, managing director of Tal said this is a challenge because with the lack of ...