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Alternatives sector shaped by regulation, customer demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... performance in many cases was adversely affected by regulatory changes and demands for greater transparency, better liquidity, and lower fees. Unlike traditional asset classes, the research notes, the alternatives sector hasn't faced as much downward ...

Bendigo lifts half-year cash earnings by 10.9%

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... operating," said BEN managing director Mike Hirst. "We've strengthened our balance sheet with a strong Basel III-compliant liquidity position, while our capital raising activities have been well-supported by institutional and retail investors."

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... US Congress later this month. But it's all good whether the Fed lifts rates by mid-year or not. If it doesn't, then liquidity support for the markets and the economy remains. If it does, in the words of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart ...

Zenith recommends Perpetual, Australian Property funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... its own right. APF was launched in 2001 and has recently been re-opened to new investors following a period of impeded liquidity. The investment manager for WAPF is AMP Capital. The APF is also one of the very few open-ended unlisted property funds to ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... the "Agricultural Development Bank of China gets an extra cut of 4 percentage points."). The move is expected to add liquidity into the system to the tune of around RMB600 billion (US$96 billion) and follows the Chinese central bank's 40 bps reduction ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... 1,949.26. But in mainland China, shares closed the week nearly four per cent lower, pressured by concerns about market liquidity and regulatory inspections of margin trading, dealers said. The Shanghai Composite index fell 1.59 per cent, or 51.95 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... 0.22 per cent or 54.53 points at 24,861.81. But Shanghai closed 1.41 per cent, or 47.22 points, lower at 3,305.74 on liquidity fears after some banks tightened borrowing requirements for investors. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 index advanced 57.09 points ...

Spike in SMSF borrowing breaches

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... confusion, resulting in some SMSF trustees thinking it was permissible to use their fund to borrow to overcome a short term liquidity problem - much like a small business seeking a temporary extension to a bank overdraft in difficult circumstances." ...

Investors will need to be patient in 2015: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... in the pockets mature economies but in the short-term it will create a bit of havoc such as defaults and short-term liquidity issues." PM Capital's funds are fully invested in equity markets presently though Moore warned that the stellar returns seen ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... (Supervision) Act 1993 (SIS Act), although the exception of temporary borrowing by superannuation funds for short-term liquidity management purposes should remain. The report said that this would "fulfil the objective for superannuation to be a savings ...