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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... accounts figures, including gross domestic product. The Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for November is due out. News Corp chief executive Julian Clarke is to address a Melbourne Press Club lunch ...

ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... consistently seen superior returns to retail funds. But Codina said this was irrelevant. "Whatever the long-term performance of both sectors has been - which itself is disputed - it is irrelevant in the context of a brand new product called MySuper ...

SMEs to pay employees super contributions online

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... their own super fund, and that there was no other option," he said. "Employers felt somewhat responsible for the performance of the default fund that they would consider putting their staff into," he added. CFS received MySuper authorisation from the ...

Advisers leave China and turn to US growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... international shares surged 15% between August 2012 and August 2013, from 3% to 18%. "This suggests that the improving performance of overseas markets has seen a spike in investor interest over the last year," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker ...

Customers accuse NAB of "predatory lending" in Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
The National Australia Bank (NAB) does not intend to make a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investment Commissions (ASIC) despite customer submissions accusing the bank of "predatory lending." A ...

ASIC didn't take my claims seriously: whistleblower

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... Investments Commission (ASIC) of not taking his claims seriously. In a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance of the regulator, Scott Gold explained that he decided to become a whistleblower when he realised that his partner Robert Lloyd ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... Statistics releases labour force data for October while the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for month just ended is also due out. In equities news, Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... official cash rate would remain at 2.5% because of latest indications - retail sales, housing, unemployment rate, AiG Performance of Manufacturing index - suggest the economy is gently recovering. Governor Glen would also attempt to jawbone the still ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... arrivals and departure figures for September, while the Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (PSI) for month just ended is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, shares on Monday closed ...

Macquarie posts solid half-year result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... Macquarie Group managing director and chief executive officer Nicholas Moore attributed the rise to the strong performance of the group's annuity-style businesses with 1H14 combined results up 24% on 1H13 and up 15% on 2H13. Macquarie's capital markets ...