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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... the border, stoked the tensions between Moscow and the West, but had no real impact on markets. Neither did Britain's raising its terror threat level risk to "severe", with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that the Islamic State jihadist group had ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... an annual rate of 4.2% from 4.0%. Stats like these should revive speculation that the Fed's "considerable time" before raising interest rates won't be so considerable any longer. But nah, not after Janet's Jackson Hole detailed elaboration for the remaining ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... correction and even told existing clients to hold off on committing more capital to the asset class until the US has begun raising interest rates. Osses said he's had to adopt a much more flexible approach to the asset class in the last three years as ...

NAB gives advisers 3 years to meet tougher standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... tertiary qualifications. NAB/MLC has been the latest to join the wave of Australian large financial institutions that are raising the education requirements for their financial planners, following a number of financial planning scandals that have deteriorated ...

Challenger adds firepower to annuities business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
Challenger's $530 million capital raising program is likely to tighten the company's already firm grip on the lucrative annuities market. The figure will be raised from a combination of a $250 million institutional share placement and a $30 million ...

SPAA launches pilot program for "complex" issues

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... is available to members holding a SPAA SMSF Specialist SSA and/or SSAud accreditation and will assist in enhancing and raising the standard of professional advice and skills. It will also give members the opportunity to ask SPAA technical staff for assistance ...

Cap market efficiency plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... economic research by Industry Super Australia has revealed that the financial services sector is becoming less efficient at raising capital. The cause of the problem, according to ISA, is that the Australia's capital markets are increasingly focused ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... or 200.93 points, at 24,890.34 as new statistics showed key indicators including industrial production slowed in July, raising concerns for growth in the world's second-largest economy. Seoul gained 1.02 per cent, or 20.89 points, to 2,062.36 but Sydney ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... the economy's definitely looking up in the United Kingdom, the Bank of England (BOE) has found another reason to delay raising borrowing costs. According to Governor Mark Carney, it's the slack: "In light of the heightened uncertainty about the current ...

ASIC lowers wholesale investor threshold to $2.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... legal risks." ASIC acknowledged that the definition "has been an area of ongoing legal uncertainty," with the government raising the issue as early as 2011. However, the regulator only clarified the definition after a Senate Economics Committee inquiry ...