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Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street where the Dow was dragged lower on a disappointing Procter & Gamble earnings report. At 0754 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Superannuation representative groups have backed calls by federal Greens MP Adam Bandt for a Senate inquiry looking at the problem of women's retirement savings. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia believes ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
As a former project manager, David Braga has seen it all. He's worked on almost every type of job going in the financial services industry, which is precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Well they tried, and they tried, and they tried, but it seems that there's just no bringing back gold's shine. Gold was hit for six - that is, prices dropped for a sixth consecutive day overnight - down to a low of US$1,088.05 per ounce (the lowest ...

Green bonds set to soar despite policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The green bond market is expected to triple as investor demand for the vehicle grows, even in countries where policy does not favour renewable energies, BNP Paribas said. "Investment in green infrastructure is increasing at a rapid rate, here and overseas," ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... what the sum of all the markets' fears equal to at present. And oh, Cyprus' General Market Index even ended 0.22%... in the green. Yup, Cyprus, the country which also suffered a bank run two years ago as it negotiated a bail-out with what was then the ...

TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... team was rejigged shortly after State Super joined the amalgamation. The leadership team at TCorp now includes Jonathan Green, who was TCorp head of investments and has been appointed general manager of investment implementation and operations. General ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Industry superannuation funds may deploy up to $15 billion additional capital over the next five years after Australia joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair, Peter Collins, said activities of the ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Labor and the Coalition are opposing renewed calls from Greens senators for a Royal Commission into financial advice and financial institutions. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson filed a notice of motion on Tuesday calling on the government "to establish ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... ago and is now growing stronger. Spain and Italy were slower and more reluctant to change, but we're starting to see the green shoots." From an investment perspective, "Europe is just an action replay of the United States, with a two year lag." Like ...