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Law should stop banks "bundling" super: ISA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has denounced banks offering employers incentives to "bundle" super with business banking and insurance services. In some cases, ISA's statement said, these incentives have included discounts on insurance products and ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
Another rate cut is coming, another rate cut is coming. Bloomberg's survey shows (tada!) 18 out of 29 economists expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to follow-up February's 25 bps reduction in the official cash rate to 2.25% with another 25 bps ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell modestly following a new estimate of fourth-quarter US economic growth that came in better than expected. At 0815 AEDT on Monday, the share price index futures contract was up four ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... supermarket giant downgraded its full year guidance following a 3.1% slide in first half profit. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun says this is taking a lot of steam out of the market, with investors taking profits from the consumer staples, telcos ...

Accounting businesses drag Countplus profit

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Countplus profit was down 10.3% for the six months to December 2014, with results reflecting challenging conditions in the accounting and business service area, the company reported. Countplus net profit after tax was $6.08 million, down 10.3%. However ...

Perpetual forecasts $18m benefit from Trust acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Perpetual reported that the integration of The Trust Company is ahead of schedule and is expected to deliver synergy benefits of $18 million to $20 million before tax. The company reported an underlying profit after tax of $62.1 million, up 30% on the ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George has joined the board of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB). The HFSB said the appointment emphasises the important role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting better practices in the hedge ...

Equity Trustees boosts profit

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Equity Trustees (EQT) has boosted its net profit to $7.6 million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 41.7% rise on the previous corresponding period. The interim fully franked dividend remains 46c per share. According to EQT chair Tony Killen ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
A clear Australian agenda for change which requires difficult reform over the next decade is emerging. Demography is a very significant challenge alongside the inefficient federation and Australia's national competitiveness. It is an issue which reaches ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
"If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true..." - Tim Hardin Data releases over the past few weeks have vindicated the "crisis" duo of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his cigar-smoking Treasurer Joe Hockey. ...