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When Maslow's Theory and Marketing Collide

Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." - Peter Drucker, father of modern management and marketing If marketing is so important to a business, why is it often the first thing cut when times are tough? Why chop one of two things ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
International media reports on the 2014/15 federal budget reflect concerns that cuts will hit consumer confidence in an economy that is doing better than most of its counterparts. "Australia's first budget under Tony Abbott was either brave or foolhardy," ...

Businesses offered $10k to hire over-50s

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Businesses will be paid $10,000 for employing workers over 50, the government is expected to announce in this evening's budget. The initiative will go alongside a staggered rise in the Age Pension eligibility age, reaching age 70 by 2035. Under the ...

Court rules against S&P in Lehmann Brothers class action

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
A Federal Court judgement against ratings agency Standard & Poor's has cleared the way for Councils, church groups and charities to continue a damage claim relating to Lehman Brothers complex products. Church groups, charities and 91 Councils in Australia ...

IOSCO recommends improved disclosure for direct products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
The growth of directly distributed financial products has pushed a Joint Forum of the International Organisation of Securities Organisations (IOSCO) to call for improved global regulation and disclosure standards for products sold this way. In Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's gains on mixed economic data and corporate earnings as a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting got underway. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures ...

TT International adds two to investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
Investment manager TT International has made two senior appointments to its investment team. Marco Li joins the firm as senior investment analyst and head of Australian Equities while Duncan Robertson joins as senior investment analyst and portfolio ...

ASIC admits wrongdoing in Senate hearing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s top officials admitted that the regulator could have done more to prevent poor advice and malpractices in a tense five-hour Senate hearing. The hearing focused on ASIC's performance in dealing ...

Incoming NAB CEO to look at "legacy issues"

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Incoming National Australian Bank (NAB) chief executiveA and managing director Andrew Thorburn said that he will retain a core focus on the Australian and New Zealand franchises and will address the bank's ongoing legacy issues when he takes the reins ...

AustralianSuper insurance premiums to rise by 35%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
AustralianSuper will substantially increase its death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) insurance premiums due to rising policy costs. The 35% price hike is due to come in at the end of March and was confirmed by AustralianSuper group executive ...