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RBS enters enforceable undertaking

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
The Royal Bank of Scotland has entered an enforceable undertaking in relation to "potential misconduct" involving the Australian Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW), the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced. RBS will also voluntarily ...

SMSF service industry comes of age: Survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
A newly published survey of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector reveals a large, flourishing and enormously diverse industry, with no single business model dominating. Jointly published by the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Headlines upon headlines remains littered with MH17 and what happens next as the international community vents its anger on Russia. 'twas these headlines that reportedly downed Wall Street overnight. But we surely know what comes after the dip, 'eh ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell as geopolitical worries weigh on sentiment. At 0811 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,496. Geopolitical concerns, with the ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... isolation does not provide a full picture of the quality and suitability of an adviser," Cooper said, shortly after Commonwealth Bank made public the details of its program to improve adviser education and professional standards. Cooper called for "a ...

Praemium reports strong rise in SMA funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... recent market announcements, namely the settlement of legal proceedings in Hong Kong and milestone payments under the Dah Sing Bank contract. Positive operating cash flow has now been reported in 7 of the last 9 quarters. The Group's cash balance was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... slipped 20 cents to $64.09 but Fortescue Metals gained two cents to $4.61. The big banks were higher, with the Commonwealth Bank up 17 cents to $81.44, Westpac 20 cents higher at $34.10, ANZ 10 cents better off at $33.52 and NAB climbing 17 cents to ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... sleeping in the car," he remembers. Returning to Melbourne, Kirkham went straight to work in the graduate program at the State Bank of Victoria, but his first job wasn't what he expected. For the full story, download the July 14 issue of the Financial ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... earnings and 3.7 percent sales increase." (Bloomberg) To be sure, new scares our way would come... but the Fed's - and the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank and the Bank of England - explicit promise to keep policy accommodative for as long ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... tax base to Britain to avoid higher US taxes. AbbVie rose 2.6 per cent. In local economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia releases its business sales indicator. In equities news, Aquila Resources is expected to post its quarterly activity ...