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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp losses on Wall Street. At 0748 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 47 points at 4,784. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Investment strategy differences derail super merger talks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The abandonment of merger talks between industry funds VicSuper and Vision Super came down to a disagreement about investment strategy, both parties told the Financial Standard. VicSuper Chief Executive Michael Dundon and Vision Super acting Chief executive ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Australian stock market has opened lower, led by falls among the major miners and big retail banks. The market took its cues from Wall Street, where US stocks slid about half a per cent and falls in key commodities such as oil and gold. Market players ...

TASA necessary for customer protection: accountants

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is supporting the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) scheduled to be voted on today in the House of Representatives. The IPA said that the measure will give Australians the necessary consumer protection when it comes ...

AFA moves into broadcast to promote advice vision

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is in the initial stages of a new broasdcast strategy to raise awareness about the importance of receiving financial advice. The AFA chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard that the organisation is ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
"Every single day Every word you say... I'll be watching you." -Sting Wall Street down and...you guessed it, it's taper on day. And so, round and round we go, when it ends we do not know. But perhaps we do. There's now an emerging consensus that the ...

Regulation remains unclear a month out from FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation still has some loose ends less than a month ahead of its start, on July 1, 2013. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of Policy and Conduct Dante De Gori said that the organisation ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The recovery in super fund returns has continued apace in April 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index climbed again to 12.7%, its second highest level in three years. Explaining why rolling 12 month returns remain ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
Taper on, taper off, taper on, taper off, taper... After so many days of riding this see and saw and saw and see of market speculation, you, I and Irene (and yes, you too Stuart) have become experts at discerning the why's and wherefores for the ups ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
Australian bond futures prices are higher ahead of the central bank's monthly interest rate decision. Nomura head of research Jon Linton said the local market would be focused on the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision announcement at 1430 AEST on ...