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AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... $38.37, Santos had lost eight cents to $12.51 and Oil Search was 11 cents weaker at $8.24. Among the banks, Commonwealth Bank dropped 60 cents to $74.20, ANZ lost 31 cents to $30.91, Westpac shed 30 cents to $31.95 and NAB was 23 cents weaker at $31. ...

Are we there yet?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
"What's the point of going out, we're just going to end up back here anyway?" Must give it to Homer, he really spits out good logic. Nah, not the literary giant that penned the Iliad and the Odysssey, but Homer the Simpson. Homer's words came to mind ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... contacted a number of advice groups to find out how they intend to react to the ASIC report. Only AMP and the Commonwealth Bank had responded at time of writing. An AMP spokesperson said: "Customers expect us to provide them with quality financial advice ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... 2.4 per cent, to $57.59 and Fortescue Metals dipped 11 cents to $3.24. The banks were down but faring better. Commonwealth Bank had given up $1.11, of 1.5 per cent, to $75.12, ANZ lost 42 cents to $31.40, Westpac had declined 42 cents to $31.40 and NAB ...

Premium signs up three accounting practices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Dealer group Premium Wealth Management has signed up three new accounting practices who are looking to add financial planning operations to their businesses. ADX Financial Planning (formerly part of Moon Cunningham and licensed through Count), Sullivans ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... and to the committee". She told us so at her press conference after the June FOMC meeting. Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) told us that, "the low volatility in asset markets could, in part, reflect market participants' relative ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases August housing finance figures. Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial system) Malcolm Edey is slated to participate in a panel discussion at the Financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... gained more than 40 points in early trade, recovering Wednesday's losses. Among financial stocks, the National Australia Bank was down after flagging a slide in full year earnings of up to 14 per cent after taking a more than $1 billion hit to its books. ...

NAB takes a $1bn hit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank has flagged a slide in its full year earnings of up to 14% after taking a more than $1 billion hit to its books. Today the bank unveiled a string of writedowns and provisions, chiefly linked to misconduct by its troubled UK business. ...

BT Super for Life launches video member statements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
BT Super for Life customers will now receive their annual statement in the form of a tailored video, BT has announced. BT has claimedA the video as "an Australian first" and said members would receive a two-and-a-half-minute personalised video, addressing ...