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A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... in 1962 and asked, "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?"...or in our case, how many times must Ben Bernanke retell his reiteration of his repetition about his thoughts on this whole tapering business before financial markets ...

Russell appoints Mercer COO to head insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Former Russell Investments assistant director of product and current Mercer COO for the Pacific region, Jodie Hampshire, has returned to the firm as its new head of institutional business in Australia. Hampshire joined Russell in 2000 and held a number ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... percent here we come! Nobody can deny that the Australian stock market's recent run of positive performance had been sparked by Ben Bernanke's 11 July remarks that, "a highly accommodative policy is needed for the foreseeable future" - as it did all ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following Wall Street's lead after the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 closed at all-time highs for the third straight session as in-line Chinese economic growth data offset disappointing US retail sales figures. ...

Govt introduces new infra tax break

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The Federal government has introduced a new tax incentive aimed at encouraging private sector investment in infrastructure. The new rules will only apply to infrastructure projects considered to be 'nationally significant', and amends rules around the ...

BlackRock wins four NZ Super mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Investment giant BlackRock has won four new mandates from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). BlackRock will manage four new passive global equities mandates: passive global large cap equity, small cap equity, emerging markets equity and ...

Storm claim unfair and baseless: CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has strongly reacted to the news that Storm Financial victims' lawyer will start legal proceedings against the $136 million settlement that the bank reached with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last ...

Former ANZ, UBS exec to head new Bennelong division

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Bennelong Group has appointed Fiona Rowland to lead its new national wealth management and advisory business. The new business is aimed specifically at providing products and services to high net worth and ultra-high net worth investors. Bennelong intends ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Brothers God bless the US of A indeed! After almost two months of skittishness, financial markets have seen the light of Big Ben's - and this little ben's interpretation - forward guidance on money policy. And this is that the timing, magnitude and pace ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street edged higher to new highs following strong banking earnings that offset a profit warning from UPS and fresh trouble for Boeing's Dreamliner aircraft. At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September ...