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Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Kelly's A$11 million (I'm not exactly sure whether she retired altogether, but I would). But the point is they got there by raising their respective companies' profitability - the easiest way in the current difficult environment is, you guessed it, cutting ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... the interests of financial firms and consumers: Better align the interests of financial firms with those of consumers by raising industry standards, enhancing the power to ban individuals from management and ensuring remuneration structures in life insurance ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... activity. But before you jump and conclude that this would reduce the time in "considerable time" before the Fed starts raising interest rates, note that the inflation component in the report showed input prices contracting - down to 44.5 from 53.5 in ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... remuneration. Other issues included are amendments to the stamping fee provisions that clarify its application to capital raising activities and broaden its application to include investment entities; and amendments to the accountants' certificate renewal ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... further and normal organic growth means Fed normalisation of monetary policy which means Janet's "considerable time" before raising interest rates might not be so considerable anymore. Sure, sure there's the disappointing consumer confidence report out ...

Folkestone to increase holding in REIT

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Folkestone Limited has announced a $42 million equity raising to increase its holding in the Folkestone Education Trust, Australia's largest real estate investment trust. "Folkestone is well positioned for its next stage of growth and this $42 million ...

FoFA opt-in to cause advisers biggest headache

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Financial planners are frustrated with the sudden and unexpected change to the laws governing financial advice, with some raising particular concerns about the requirement to regularly ask clients to resign their contracts, known as the opt-in requirement. ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... it has to go through with it (less its credibility gets shot) but... this bad news would keep the US central bank from raising interest rates sooner rather than later - and this is good news. Still, this is not the case, that is, if like your balding ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... client rather than their institution. But in July, the government used its regulatory powers to modify aspects of the laws, raising the ire of consumer advocates, seniors and industry superannuation funds. They argued the changes reduced protection from ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... and commodity derivative products denominated in RMB; and promoting ASX in China and other Asian markets as a venue for raising equity capital in Australian dollars and, in future, RMB. The signing of the agreement was attended by the Australian Prime ...