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Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... government considers that the most important focus today must be on resolving any legitimate outstanding grievances from affected Commonwealth Bank customers through the Open Advice Review Program and enforcement by ASIC." The statement added that "the ...

ASIC to crack down on big four, AMP and Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... National Australia Bank (NAB), ANZ, Westpac/BT Financial Group and Macquarie Group. "The quality of financial advice can be affected by an adviser's conflicts of interest or lack of competence," the regulator said, and added that "this can lead to some ...

Govt moves to repeal super payslip disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... accurate information and employees may not take regular notice of what is reported on their payslips. "In addition, 70% of affected employees do not make a complaint to the ATO until after they have left the employer, possibly because they don't want ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... largest economy sank by 4.0 per cent in August. Managing partner at 100 Doors, Peter Esho, said poor offshore leads had affected the Australian bourse on Wednesday. "The IMF downgraded global growth. The data coming out of Europe is no good, and commodity ...

Australians miss out on billions in unpaid super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... Tria Partners. The research, which was commissioned by Cbus, REST and AustralianSuper, found that the average person affected loses around $3,750 per annum in superannuation, which amounts to nine months' worth of super for someone on average weekly ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... executive Peter Lambert said the decision was driven by the belief that the coal and tar sands sectors will be adversely affected from an investment perspective by a transition to a lower carbon economy as governments act to mitigate climate change. ...

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... explains that, "although the trend estimates for part-time employed persons and therefore total employed persons are affected by the large August 2014 movement in the seasonally adjusted series". So can't trust the trend series this month as well. We ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... variables has changed since the Great Recession. Along with cyclical influences, significant structural factors have affected the labor market, including the aging of the workforce and other demographic trends, possible changes in the underlying degree ...

Macquarie terminates four suspended van Eyk funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... the best interests of investors to terminate the suspended funds," a statement on van Eyk's website reads. The funds affected are the van Eyk Blueprint International Share Fund, van Eyk Blueprint Capital Stable Fund, van Eyk Blueprint Balanced Fund and ...

Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Economic Research, "The decline in economic sentiment is likely connected to the ongoing geopolitical tensions that have affected the German economy by now. In particular, current figures on industrial production and incoming orders suggest markedly ...