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Treasury examining ASX monopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... decision for the national interest." As reported in Financial Standard, the ASX has argued that the status quo benefits Australian investment by avoiding the kind of "fragmentation" that could benefit high-frequency traders but exchange operators like ...

Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... yesterday. Emma Maiden, deputy assistant secretary of Unions NSW, told an estimated 800 union delegates at the Australian Council of Trade Unions annual conference in Melbourne that super funds should weigh into the issue of multi-national profit shifting ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is backing the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption to remove laws that deny employees a choice of superannuation fund. FSC chief executive, Sally Loane, said super must be decoupled from the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on news the US economy grew just 0.2 per cent in the first quarter. At 0817 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,783. In local economic ...

ASX will cut clearing fees if monopoly extended

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... timing of the negotiations. "It is only when the review of the moratorium comes up that they offer cuts," he told the Australian Financial Review. "So if they were able to offer these discounts why not two years ago?"

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street. At 0900 AEDT on Wednesday, the share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 5,910. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher after a mixed night in overseas markets. At 0652 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points at 5,885. The Dow Jones index was down 0.2 per cent going into the ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... economic advisor to Kevin Rudd. After the first 30 minutes of the forum was spent on global economies, Bond focused on the Australian economy. He presented on the "two-speed economy on reverse", telling the audience that the mining boom was an aberration ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Financial Wisdom (FW) customers being made public by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC). The inquiry, chaired by Labor Senator Mark Bishop, grilled ASIC commissioners ...

Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... accountable for their conduct, particularly in relation to conflicts of interest." If implemented, this policy would bring Australian superannuation funds out of step with the standard structure of workplace pension funds globally, which generally operate ...