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DomaCom appoints state manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
DomaCom has appointed Chris Benson to the role of state manager, Victoria and Tasmania. The fund manager said the appointment reflects the growing interest in its new Fractional Property Investment Fund in the southern regions. Benson has more than ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... for big banks and 18.5% for small banks (and, according to Bloomberg, 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 ...

FEATURE: Understanding mFund

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... investors who are used to buying and selling shares through their broker or directly through the exchange, managed funds pose an extra layer of transaction complexity that puts many off. ASX's new mFund initiative is squarely aimed at removing the hurdles ...

Magellan ups cash weighting ahead of market volatility

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Magellan Asset Management raised the cash weighting in its Global and Infrastructure funds in anticipation of a possible market correction in credit and equity markets. In a note sent to investors, Magellan chief executive and chief investment officer ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
There's no question about it... the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) surprise move was the biggest story in the financial markets last week. So huge that it eclipsed everything else. It eclipsed the plunging oil price and the dropping copper price -- the ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
I thought that in my lifetime I would never see someone out there in this galaxy wishin' and hopin' and prayin' higher oil prices to be. (Apart from those extracting, producing, investing in and lending to oil companies and nations, that is). And oh ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... Board has designated MetLife alongside leading banks as a Strategically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) requiring extra prudential supervision. "[But] subjecting insurance companies to bank-centric capital rules would lead to higher prices for ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... government would step in to rescue the big banks if they were in trouble. The big banks have already complained that holding extra capital would be damaging, and ANZ says it will result in higher interest rates for customers. The inquiry also recommends ...

New FoFA likely to increase advice costs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The latest changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation have brought back the opt-in requirement, which will force planners to spend more time on paperwork and raise their fees charged to clients as a consequence. A survey by consultancy ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... dirty vehicle fuels, such as diesel. Lighter fuels are dearer and, under current plans, drivers could pay up to 70% of the extra; lower prices will soften that blow. More generally, says Lin Boqiang of Xiamen University, lower prices should support the ...