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A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... a sign? Nah Virgina, I'm speak not of the one-third of the 'Holy Trinity' that is central to the Christian faith but the bank named after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's biggest bank were halted ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... set to open lower after Wall Street closed down despite recovering somewhat from a sharp opening fall sparked by a Portugal bank scare and general investor caution. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 17 ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... protections in financial advice." "These changes were lobbied for by the banks and financial planners, including the Commonwealth Bank," he added.

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... across the OECD. "Many 15-year-olds already have experience with financial matters, such as managing mobile phone contracts, bank accounts or earning money from working outside school hours. Understanding concepts such as how to budget and value for ...

HK funds market climbs to A$2.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Hong Kong's funds management sector now oversees A$2.4 trillion, surging due to huge inflow increases from mainland China. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's (HKSFC) has just released its annual Fund Management Activities Survey that ...

Mercer appoints research manager from Count

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Former Count senior research executive Brendan Irwin has been appointed to the role of research manager within Mercer's financial advice business. In this role, which he began on 7 July, Irwin will be focused on investment research, a Mercer spokesperson ...

QIC funds added to Federation platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... unique offering in the platform market and an alternative platform for advisers and clients, which is outside the traditional bank-owned networks."

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... million a year ago. The Fed minutes of the June meeting of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee showed the central bank plans to end its bond-buying stimulus program in October but won't begin raising its near-zero benchmark interest rate ...

YBR set to acquire mortgage manager RESI

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... shareholders and prominent Australian institutional investor clients of lead manager Bell Potter Securities including Macquarie Bank and Nine Entertainment subsidiary Pink Platypus. "We welcome the Resi franchisees, management and staff to the YBR group ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... existing ones. And the Coalition has made no secret of the fact it wants to remove this vital channel of distribution. The bank-owned retail funds are eager for this to happen, as they will be able to target their business bank customers with their MySuper ...