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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... per cent, closer to the Fed's target of 7.0 per cent for raising interest rates, and European stocks soon fell back into the red. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index showed a gain of 0.23 per cent at 6,547.33 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed ...

The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
"As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'... For the times they are a-changin'." -Bob Dylan This is it Virginia!A This is the final week before the times, they could all a-change. Many of us, Australians all, will be grudgingly ...

RBC to close Melbourne custody office

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Redundancies are on the cards at Royal Bank of Canada's custody arm, RBC Investor and Treasury Services, after it confirmed it will be closing its Melbourne operations and moving the entire Australian business to its Sydney headquarters. The move is ...

Crowe Horwath CEO departs group after rebranding

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Crowe Horwath chief executive and managing director has departed the group following a review and only two months after the former WHK Group rebranded. John Lombard has stepped down from his position effective immediately and the group will conduct ...

APRA releases data risk management guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the final version of its prudential practice guide on the management of data risk. The 'Prudential Practice Guide CPG 235 Managing Data Risk' (CPG 235) is applicable to all APRA regulated ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European bourses made sharp gains on upbeat Chinese and eurozone economic data, and receding investor concerns over a US intervention in Syria. Wall Street was closed for the Labor Day public holiday. ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching what just transpired on the first trading day of September. What transpired was equity markets jumped on the first trading day of September - European stocks soared closer to 2%, those in Tokyo by 1.4% and ...

Future Fund confirms preference for offshore investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Future Fund has reaffirmed its preference for offshore investments as it approaches the $90 billion mark. The fund grew by $11.9 billion over the 2012-13 financial year, reaching funds under management of $88.9 billion and delivering returns of ...

Prime targets investment in accounting firms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Prime Financial Group's growth plans centre on taking non-controlling equity stakes in accounting firms as well as recruiting them. The wealth management group has targeted growth beyond what it can achieve organically for the next financial year. Prime ...

In estate planning, beware of remarried clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Clients who have a second, third or even fourth marriage are the most complicated to deal with when it comes to estate planning and this is something advisers should take into consideration. When working on the wills of this kind of clients, advisers ...