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Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... that is caused by banking crises, including their impact on household wealth. In Australia, the financial crisis produced a sharp fall in economic growth and an increase of nearly two percentage points in the unemployment rate. Overseas, the impact was ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
id the holy spirit just give us a sign? Nah Virgina, I'm speak not of the one-third of the 'Holy Trinity' that is central to the Christian faith but the bank named after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street closed down despite recovering somewhat from a sharp opening fall sparked by a Portugal bank scare and general investor caution. At 0645 AEST on Friday, the September share price index ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
Nah, it couldn't be! Nope, Virginia, like I have typed on this space before the US economy has not yet reached sustainable velocity and therefore those bring forward of expectations with regards to the Fed's first interest rate hike are merely that ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The attractive risk/return profile and high level of income on offer from infrastructure investments mean the asset class is well suited to retail investors, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of Australian infrastructure Geoff Frankish. ...

YBR Smarter Money returns 5.0% over June quarter

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road Holdings' "active cash" fund, YBR Smarter Money (Smarter Money) has returned 5% per annum after all fund fees over the June quarter. Smarter Money is an "active cash" or short-term fixed-interest fund that invests in Australian deposits ...

Former NAB execs follow Hartley to Sunsuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... manager, change and technical services at NAB Wealth. Sommer's role will be to "drive Sunsuper's strategic change agenda with a sharp focus on enhancing the Fund's competitive capability in the corporate market and delivering digital transformation." ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
oh there we have it folks! Wall Street ends the last day of the month, the quarter and the first six months of 2014, to quote T.S. Elliot, "not with a bang but a whimper. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 index finished a teenie-weenie 0.04% lower ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... clicked, and I clicked but I can't find no... no, no, no... no mention of that which was finger-pointed for yesterday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia there wasn't any mention of Iraq. Wall Street rebounded overnight despite continuing - nay ...

MDA provider makes debut on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... has forecast a pre-tax profit of $1.067 million for the next financial year. managedaccounts.com.au executive chairman Don Sharp said that around 70% of the company's assets under administrations are held by self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Sharp said ...