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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app. In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at misconceptions over the size of self-managed superannuation Fund (SMSF) viability. We also look at the UK government's decision to ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat with Wall Street little changed as investors digest a series of economic data ahead of Friday's big US jobs report for March. At 0805 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after markets in the United States continued their rise overnight. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market's opening trade was looking pretty good after encouraging US jobs and ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from international markets after data showed a pickup in US job creation. At 0812 AEDT on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street gained following solid manufacturing data from China. At 0830 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,410. China said its official purchasing ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Apart from last-minute end-of-month and end-of-quarter window dressings, this first day of the trading week should offer few surprises. It'll be a week when financial markets play the waiting game. Investors' attention would be on what the Reserve Bank ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with a sell-off in technology companies outweighing encouraging economic news. At 0807 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,341. Data ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. Cormann spoke to a number of media outlets and said that he wanted to consult key stakeholders including the ...