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ASX partners with US tech firm for new trade platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... acquire 5% of Digital Asset and fund initial development. It will also acquire a warrant giving the ASX further equity purchase rights and the ability to appoint a director to Digital Asset's board. Following initial development (after six to 12 months) ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Woe is us! Just as the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be winning its fight against inflation, justifying its less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
A co-investment in a US toll road will become an industry superannuation fund's second largest infrastructure exposure after Port Botany and Port Kembla in New South Wales. Cbus has announced an investment of $140 million in the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... they had retired or resigned, that money was returned to them. "In some schemes they were required to use 50% of it to purchase an additional pension at a cost to them that had been set by government actuaries, as laid down in the relevant legislation ...

HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... the community and our members." This investment will involve the Trust partnering with Horizon Housing to finance the purchase of management rights for 995 existing affordable housing properties and the future development of up to 60 new social and affordable ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... buy exchange traded funds (ETF) at an annual pace of Â¥300 billion - in addition to the current Â¥3 trillion ETF purchase program - starting April this year. Then again, the latest consumer confidence survey was conducted in mid-December 2015 - two ...

NZ Super Fund invests in affordable housing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
The NZ Super Fund has partnered with two investment managers to develop affordable housing in Auckland. Ngāi Tahu Property and New Ground Capital have joined with the super fund to invest $106 million to build roughly 200 new homes in Auckland's ...

Aussies don't want gift of super this Christmas

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... consideration and careful planning. While many Aussies budget for larger items such as overseas holidays or their next car purchase, the day to day spending such as groceries and additional gifts is where they'll often come undone with savings."

Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
The majority of Australian consumers prefer to purchase insurance policies through financial advisers rather than directly. This is the conclusion of Asteron Life's Attitude to Life Adviser Insights report, which surveyed 1,515 Australians across every ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... the coming days - reinforced by Draghi's mid-November statement, in Frankfurt this time, that, "We consider the asset purchase programme to be a powerful and flexible instrument, as it can be adjusted in terms of size, composition or duration to achieve ...