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AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Tristan K'Nell said. But he expects no major movements in afternoon trade. "I'm expecting a flat finish with no real reason to push higher after the mixed bag of reportings from this morning," Mr K'Nell said. BlueScope Steel was one of the worst performing ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Nationals' Senator John Williams has given Treasury the suggested terms of reference for a Royal Commission into white collar crime. Williams confirmed to Financial Standard that he gave the documents to Treasurer Joe Hockey's chief of staff two weeks ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... infrastructure. But another issue is that if the political reaction gathers pace it could limit deal flow and inadvertently push up asset acquisition prices. AMP Capital's head of the group's Australia and New Zealand infrastructure fund, Michael Cummings ...

Centuria reports 6.6% growth in net assets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... ventures or long-term strategic holdings in the Centuria REIT or the Asian club. "We also have a major resourcing and marketing push on our other core business, the Investment Bond operation."

Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Demand for exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding fixed income is set to increase on a low rate environment, iShares director Jonathan Howie said. Howie told Financial Standard that demand for BlackRock's three fixed income ETFs has increased since mid-2014. ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Mavis Robertson, one of the pioneers of the Australian superannuation sector, has died. Robertson's career spanned more than six decades in the union movement and then in superannuation as fund secretary of BUS (Building Unions Superannuation) and AUST ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... Members of Congress as well as those currently serving who are not yet vested into the congressional retirement plan. The push to introduce the bill is being led by Ron DeSantis, a Republican congressman from Florida. DeSantis declined his pension when ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... dubbed a "Grexit". The country's new finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, will visit three European Union capitals next week to push the government's agenda for a renegotiated deal on its multi-billion-euro bailout, his office said. On Thursday, the euro ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... private and public sector bonds per month between March and September 2016. The increase in the global money supply will push funds into share markets, including Australia's, IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said. "Our market's really rejoicing ...

Praemium platform passes $3bn milestone

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Praemium's global funds on platform reached $3.1 billion as at 31 December 2014 following a quarter of record inflows to the company's Australian and international separately managed account (SMA) platforms. Gross inflows for the December 2014 quarter ...