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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The Australian share market is slightly weaker amid few offshore leads with the US closed for the Thanksgiving public holiday. The local market's relatively flat open continues a trend of recent weeks. However, the market has fallen more than 1.5 per ...

SMSF regulation to remain 'light touch': Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The regulation of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unlikely to change much under the Abbott government, according to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos. The speedy growth of the SMSF sector has led some commentators to question whether the Australian ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Abbott government looks set to follow through on its plan to introduce a quota of independent directors on super fund boards, and to take superannuation out of modern awards, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Investors should not interpret the performance differences between developed and emerging markets as a decoupling of the link between them, according to AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year ...

UFS adopts Rubik's 'Bank in a Box' technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the treasury arm of the Uniting Church, has fully adopted Rubik's Software as a Service (SaaS) product. The 'Bank in a Box' solution provides comprehensive banking software via cloud technology to financial organisations ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
The Australian stock market has opened higher following a soft lead from the US overnight. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said it was likely to be a quiet week for global stock markets due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. On Wall Street the ...

Actuaries Institute names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

Ripoll rips into Abbott government's 'amateurism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
The Abbott government's attempt to take credit for Labor's SuperTICK initiative is "laughable and outrageous", according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. Ripoll's comments were in response to a media release ...

ASIC beefs up surveillance system

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
New upgrades to the Australian Securities and Exchange Commission's (ASIC) market surveillance system allowing the regulator to conduct multi-market supervision across futures and equities in real time are now operational. According to financial services ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Industry bodies have called on the Government to reconsider its repeal of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) in their submissions on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013. The LISC compensates individuals ...