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ASIC to crack down on big four, AMP and Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... financial institutions, and advice and dealing activities." It will focus on the financial advice arms of AMP, Commonwealth Bank (CBA), National Australia Bank (NAB), ANZ, Westpac/BT Financial Group and Macquarie Group. "The quality of financial advice ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
All is clear again on the Wall Street front. Central bank assurances have silenced the Johnny Littles wailing that the sky is falling. We could only imagine now what would have happened to equity markets and in turn to sentiment and then the economies ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... December share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,320. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its October board meeting, while RBA deputy governor Philip Lowe addresses the Commonwealth ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... Industrial Average gained 1.63 per cent on Friday night while the broad-based S&P 500 rose 1.29 per cent. Locally, Commonwealth Bank has added 80 cents to $77.34, ANZ has climbed 57 cents to $32.50, Westpac has lifted 51 cents to $33.61 and National ...

BMO creates intermediary sales director role

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... Angwin was AQR Australia vice president and national distribution manager. He began his career in equities at Commonwealth Bank, has a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Western Sydney and is a qualified financial adviser. "With more ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... and thus predicted rates liftoff by the end of the first quarter of next year. There was jawboning from that other central bank that's also expected to begin lift off soon. Bank of England (BOE) chief economist Andrew Haldane also changed his tune from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... 68 points at 5,305. Locally, in economic news on Monday, the CommSec State of the States report is released, while Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (Economic) Christopher Kent is slated to address the Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... in opening trade as investors snap up cheaper stocks following recent falls. Comments overnight from the Federal Reserve Bank's St Louis president Jamie Bullard suggesting that the US not scale back its asset purchase stimulus program at the end of this ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has countered the notion that the banking sector is "oblivious" to Bitcoin. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney this week, Narev said the bank is open-minded about ...

Countplus business acquires advice practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... independently-owned firms and 95 advisers. The business was acquired by Countplus in 2010, and Countplus is in turn owned by Commonwealth Bank (CBA).