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Bennelong appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed a new non-executive director. Andrea Waters currently sits on the boards of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand, Citywide, CareSuper and the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation. Prior to this, she was ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... rate in the improved to -0.42% in May from -1.19% in the previous month, driven by "a reduced drag from commodity prices in AUD terms (contributing +0.59ppts); and a stabilisation in both equity markets (+0.22ppts) and dwelling approvals (+0.21ppts)". ...

ANZ appoints new CCO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
ANZ will have a new chief compliance officer from 20 June as Mark Evans steps in to his new role of managing director transaction banking. Replacing Evans as chief compliance officer is Michael Liarakos, ANZ's group general manager internal audit. Liarakos ...

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Veteran economist Dr Don Stammer has stepped down from his non-executive director and chairman duties at listed investment company QV Equities. QV Equities, the listed investment company managed by Investors Mutual, said in a statement that after celebrating ...

Super funds reverse poor start to 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... contribution of international equities has been more muted with only a negative 0.2% return. The recent fluctuation in the AUD has had a generally positive impact on unhedged international equity holdings. Property has continued to provide a positive ...

Dion Global targets IRESS market share with new platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Captial markets fintech Dion Global is attempting to carve out a portion of IRESS's market share with the launch of a new retail trading platform, TCPro. The new system gives retail traders institutional-level capabilities they can't currently access ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
Corporate advisory firm Company Matters believes there are several companies within the ASX 300 who are coming up short when it comes to ESG disclosure. Company Matters director Janine Rolfe said the recent KPMG analysis of listed entities' disclosures ...

Perpetual launches Native Title Trust

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
To mark National Reconciliation Week, Perpetual Private has launched a Native Title and Community Trust, which aims to provide cost-effective investment support to indigenous communities with native title determination. The trust is designed to open ...

Small-caps can improve investment trade-offs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... to large-cap equities in a diversified strategic allocation. "Over the last 15 years, compared to other asset classes (in AUD terms), global small-caps have been less volatile and generated better returns than Australian small-caps," the white paper ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Yippee-kay-yay! 'twas a good week for most major equity markets last week, all were blinking the happy bright and happy colour green....and this, just as we're about to see the end days of May - yes, the month when we're advised to sell and go away....and ...