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IFM warns against foreign ownership of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The liquidity requirements of Australian superannuation funds will discourage them from investing in Australian infrastructure, meaning more assets will be bought by foreign investors, IFM Investors has warned. In its submission to the Financial System ...

Select chair to become OneVue deputy CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Select Group chairman Brendan Foley will become OneVue's deputy chief executive after the wealth management company agreed to acquire Select Asset Management and Select Investment Partners. The deal, which is expected to be completed tomorrow, will ...

TAL appoints new chair, Thomas to retire

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Former chair of the TAL board Rob Thomas AM will retire at the end of August and the insurer has appointed a replacement. Current TAL director Duncan Boyle, who joined the board in May this year, has been appointed the chairperson. Thomas, who has chaired ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Investors considering allocating to emerging market debt should hold fire for the time being because the end of stimulus measures in the US will bring a more attractive risk-reward trade-off. That is the view of HSBC Global Asset Management head of ...

Infrastructure valuations at all-time highs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Prices for global infrastructure assets traded so far this year are at the highest level on record, according to the latest analysis by alternatives research house Preqin. More than one-third of transactions completed in the year to date were valued ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
What do you do when you reach a peak? You take a breather, enjoy the view and smile (or LOL) at all the naysayers who bet, 'nay, you'll never make it'. That's exactly what Wall Street did overnight. The S&P 500 index hardly budged - up 0.01% -- to close ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... per cent. Burger King shares fell 2.1 per cent amid criticism that its $US11.4 billion takeover of Canada's fast-food chain Tim Hortons is in part aimed at cutting its tax bill by moving its headquarters to Canada. LONDON - European stock markets have ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened higher following positive leads from US and European markets which have negated the downward effect of local stocks paying out their dividend. Economic statistics continue to point to steady US economic growth ...

Give MySuper time to work, says AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
MySuper and SuperStream must be given time to work before the government considers any further changes to the system, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has said. In its submission in response to the Financial System Inquiry ...

Stagflation is real in Brazil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
Hit it Karen, I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation And the only explanation I can find Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around Your love's put me at the top of the world." Tomorrow has come and the S&P 500 index has ...