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Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has had its second platform listing since it was launched late last year. The fund will be available to investors and advisers on the netwealth platform. The Altius fund is a diversified Australian fixed interest ethical ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
The word governance only appears nine times in the Wallace report, but 48 times in the Murray report, and many more times than that in the Cooper report. "Everything gets blamed on poor governance," Herbert Smith Freehills and university lecturer Scott ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) chief executive Steven Knight has stepped down from his role weeks after it amalgamated its funds management activities with State Super. Knight confirmed to Financial Standard that he is retiring from his executive ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Composite Index falling 1.29% to close at 4,071 points. Yesterday, a lot more investors lost their nerve and decided to play safe by locking in their profits or cutting their losses." I also agree with Pauline when she typed that, "The outlook is for ...

Retiring 'comfortably may require 3 income building blocks: Legg Mason

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Advisers may have to recalibrate 'safe' retirement income portfolios in a world of low interest rates - and that may mean blending equity, real and fixed income. That's because when you consider the five-year rate on a typical annuity or term deposit ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Well they tried, and they tried, and they tried, but it seems that there's just no bringing back gold's shine. Gold was hit for six - that is, prices dropped for a sixth consecutive day overnight - down to a low of US$1,088.05 per ounce (the lowest ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
It's now safe to go back in the waters... This, perhaps, was what's in Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney mind when, a day after news of the Greek deal, he told the UK Treasury select committee that: "The point at which interest rates may begin ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

AMP Capital to acquire Danish infra company

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
AMP Capital and 3i Infrastructure are partnering to acquire Esvagt, a Danish company that provides emergency services to the offshore oil and gas industry. The joint venture will acquire 100% of Esvagt from conglomerate Maersk Group; AMP Capital will ...

Australian share market losing ground at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is losing ground after three days of gains, with investors appearing cautious ahead of Greece's referendum on a bailout deal on Sunday. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said traders had been buying for several ...