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RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has questioned the role of superannuation funds boosting funding for infrastructure investment, saying that it is not appropriate to mandate funds to invest in assets to meet "broader national objectives." In its ...

ASIC takes legal action against Mariner over Austock takeover

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has started legal action against listed funds management company Mariner Corporation (Mariner) over its proposed 2012 takeover bid for financial services company Austock Group (Austock). ASIC ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and securities regulators have opened up an examination into whether high frequency trading (HFT) firms are involved in insider trading. According to reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...

Market Wrap

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 ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
The share market is in positive territory, but finding resistance against any sizeable gains. Despite a strong lead from US and European markets, higher iron ore prices and speculation that global miner BHP Billiton is considering demerging some assets ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Up, up, markets are up. Over the past 24 hours, like any other 24 hours, financial markets were treated to a mix of stats/surveys/news that were either better, worse or in line with their expectations. We've gotten all possible combinations and permutations ...

Allianz launches cyber risk insurance product

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has launched a cyber risk insurance product to counter the growing threat to security faced by Australian businesses. Allianz Cyber Protect has been launched to the Australian market to enable businesses to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The share market has opened lower with a weak start for the big four banks, despite a positive lead with solid gains on Wall Street overnight. Morgans private client adviser Alistair McCorquodale said the market may have been distorted by the transition ...

Bridges CEO leaves after implementing IOOF model

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Bridges Financial Services chief executive Michael Carter will depart the organisation on May 30, shortly after having finished the implementation of the shared IOOF model services. Bridges Financial has already started the search for a new chief executive ...

AMP restructures sales teams, appoints new head

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
AMP has revamped its strategic marketing and sales division, bringing together its wealth management and insurance sales teams. Former head of wealth management sales Graham Burnard has now taken over the combined role of head of sales development ...