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09 March 2016 • By Tim Stewart • 1 min read

Product obligations could stifle innovation

Treasury is currently drafting legislation that would place additional obligations on product manufacturers, says Minter Ellison, but innovation could ...

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Global risks 'tilted to downside': Treasury

The deterioration and heightened volatility within global equity and credit markets has made the world a riskier place in recent months, says Treasury

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Margin lending to spike in 'turbulent' markets

Margin lending is set to increase in 2016, with investors seeking to take advantage of undervalued markets, says Investment Trends. In the 2015 ...

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ANZ appoints acting chief economist - March 2016

ANZ has appointed an acting chief economist following the departure of Warren Hogan, who left the company to "pursue other opportunities"

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Banks show 'resilience' in reporting season

Negative sentiment surrounding the reporting season is "overdone", with banks delivering a solid performance, according to Morningstar. In a report ...

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Patron GM to step down post-merger

Infocus Wealth Management has announced that general manager and co-founder of Patron Financial Advice Rob McCann will retire by the end of next month

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IOOF backs boutique fund managers

IOOF's boutique fund manager program helped boost the 'active share' of the IOOF Australian Share Trust throughout 2015. Speaking to InvestorDaily, ...

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Bleak picture behind GDP figures: AB

The optimism that accompanied last week's surprisingly high Australian GDP figures may well be misplaced, warns AllianceBernstein. Treasury's ...

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Board gender diversity at a 'tipping point'

ASX-listed companies are embracing gender diversity, with women now accounting for 22 per cent of all ASX200 board members, says the Australian ...

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Inefficient share trading hurting super funds

Most superannuation funds cannot accurately quantify the cost of their equity trading activities, warns a new paper by Parametric. A majority of ...

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