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Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... hardly surprising - risk assets dropped and safe-haven ones rose. This could become more pronounced as tensions escalate. The hope is that cooler heads would prevail and that Putin would be given an avenue to graciously back out. As Sun Tzu's 'Art of ...

NZ Super sells forestry stake to iwi group

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... partners with similar objectives and long-time horizons. Iwi are natural investment partners for the NZ Super Fund and our hope is that this deal opens up further domestic co-investment opportunities with iwi and iwi collectives." He went on: "By pooling ...

Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
LUCRF Super chief executive Greg Sword will step down after eight years in the role. His last day will be June 30 2014. He informed the LUCRF Super board of his decision this morning in order to provide adequate notice to find a replacement. "This will ...

K2 AM launches International Fund

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
K2 Asset Management early this month launched the K2 International Opportunities Fund, a high conviction global equity fund. The fund hopes to leverage off the success of the existing K2 Select International Fund, which posted an annual compound return ...

Rubik Financial appoints CEO

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
Financial software provider Rubik Financial has appointed Niek Hoogenhout as Australia and New Zealand chief executive. He will commence his new role on February 27th of this year. Hoogenhout has over 15 years' experience in the financial services industry. ...

Market Vectors to launch equal weight ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Market Vectors has announced it will launch a "first of its kind" exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF (ASX code: MVW) will provide equally-weighted exposure to the most liquid equities listed on the ...

Class Super launches browser-based platform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
SMSF administration software provider Class Super has unveiled a new fully browser-based platform. Class said the new platform, which is cloud-based and accessible from desktops and tablets, is a step forward from its existing Windows application. Class ...

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... selling stock from each other with trading costs paid by both parties. They do this by delaying buy and sell decisions with the hope of combining aggregate trades. However, the research shows that the cost benefits associated with the reduced trading ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we sit down with Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to discuss his career to date and find out what he hopes to achieve in office. In particular, Senator Sinodinos reflects on the thinking behind the proposed ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... markets persists, becomes contagious and buys a round trip ticket to bite Uncle Sam's behind and today's bargain could become (hope not) tomorrow's fire sale.