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Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... knowledge, skills training, a dedicated mentoring program and networking opportunities." The prudential regulator also revealed a sharp decline in the number of trustees holding multiple board positions, reflecting the increasing demands made on trustees. ...

Managed accounts specialist appoints CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... markets mostly rose and the US dollar edged higher against the yen as Wall Street rallied in response to a surprisingly sharp fall in the US jobless rate. Tokyo jumped 2.29 per cent, or 350.35 points, to 15,650.21 and Seoul climbed 1.01 per cent, or ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street after a strong jobs report fuelled expectations that the Federal Reserve will begin to reduce its huge stimulus soon. At 0809 AEDT on Monday, the December share price ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street amid concerns that the US Federal Reserve will scale back its bond-buying program more quickly than previously thought. At 0825 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Australian stocks have started the week on a flat note, despite mining stocks receiving a boost from positive Chinese economic data. Commsec market analyst Stephen Daghlian said the local market had little in the way of a lead from Wall Street, where ...

Record dry powder levels in unlisted infra funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... commit the same amount of capital. Preqin said new smaller players entering the infrastructure fund market have resulted in a sharp rise in capital available to unlisted infrastructure funds each year. Funds with less than $500 million represent 21% ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's first hint back in May that he would consider slowing the rate of stimulus was met with a sharp 100 basis point spike in bond yields. "Quantitative easing (QE) is small relative to the scores of trillions of dollars worth ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... greenback from 54.79 rupee per US$ at the start of 2013 to a record low 68.15 rupee on the 28th of August. While the rupee's sharp depreciation was sparked by the sell-off in emerging markets ahead of widespread expectations of a taper in September ...

AMP reveals new leadership team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013