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Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Platinum Asset Management reported an increase in net profit after tax of 12.4%, but results for the financial year were impacted by below-benchmark performance. Net profit after tax for the year to 30 June 2015 was $213.5 million, compared to $189.9 ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... growth-supporting issue of marriage equality and royal commissioner Dyson Heydon. These, after Bronwyn Bishop's choppergate. Let's bring Keating back for the finale, "I'm a punter... I tend to take political risks and I don't mind risking my own hide ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... 500 index closed more than half a percent on the up while yield on 10-year US Treasuries closed 5 bps lower to 2.15%. But let's not jump the gun here. The Empire State Manufacturing Survey, after all, tracks the state of the manufacturing sector in New ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Australia's love story with its own stocks might have run its course, with new figures showing that inflows into international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... It's done this before in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1993." Now that I'm done congratulating myself and patting my own back, let's get down and dirty. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced a revaluation of the yuan, lowering its exchange rate versus ...

Fitzpatricks growth burst all part of the plan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... still working in the field. "I'm an adviser. Scott Fitzpatrick is still advising. It's never been a business strategy around, 'Let's just have a licence and licensee services.' It's an advice business, and has been for 15 years," he continued. He emphasised ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Australia's financial services businesses have put rivalries aside and got ahead of politics in a country-wide campaign to support marriage equality. A total of 562 organisations, among which are Australia's top financial services businesses, have signed ...

ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the timeframe for approving transition plans to have at least one-third independent directors on super fund boards. In a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Tasmanian government has announced its support for a single superannuation fund responsible for the accounts of Tasplan, Quadrant and the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. RBF had $4.9 billion in funds under management as of 30 June 2014, Tasplan ...