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Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Shutdown: Day 14 and counting...3 days to go till the US debt hits the ceiling. But wait! There's news just out. Washington, it seems, is gonna kick the can a little farther. It won't be 22 November as reported last week, it'll now be 15 Feb 2014. Reuters ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... trade, and may remain for most of the week. "The risk tone has not been particularly positive with a lot of flows to more safe haven assets," he said. "The chances are we will see some of these defensive names outperforming the market today." Defensive ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... capital flight triggered the India Rupee to fall 13%, the Indonesian Rupiah to fall 8% and the Thai Baht to fall 3%. Even the safe haven AUD fell 4%. Bernake's announcement that the US Fed had changed its mind then saw these currencies sling shot back. ...

NAB Asset Servicing wins Prime Super contract

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
National Australia Bank's (NAB) Asset Servicing business has hung onto its contract to provide custodial services to Prime Super. The $ 1.6 billion industry fund for regional and rural Australia has been a client of NAB Asset Servicing since 2007 and ...

New AllianceBernstein fund offers solution for Fed tapering

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
AllianceBernstein is preparing to launch a global fixed income fund with an absolute return objective to the Australian retail market. With the end of the US Federal Reserve's US$85 billion a month quantitative easing policy looming on the horizon ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... manager Louise Davidson said that the decision was the culmination of a long period of consideration by Cbus. "There is no safe consumption of Tobacco. It is unusual for Cbus to divest its holdings in a particular sector.A Our preference is to work to ...

PIS could face class action over "inadequate" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Slater & Gordon are considering a class action against Professional Investment Services (PIS) after retail investors face losses from the collapse of a Queensland olive farm investment scheme. Over 350 Australians had ploughed approximately $25 million ...

Peter Collins to chair ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Former Liberal politician and NSW Treasurer Peter Collins has been appointed chair of Industry Super Network (ISN). ISN has also appointed former Labor Premier of Victoria John Brumby as deputy chair of the board. Collins was a member of NSW Parliament ...

Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... more likely to raise and discuss differing opinions and ideas because they think it's appropriate to do so, they think it's safe to do so." In boardrooms with members who do not share norms and values, the result can be relationship conflict, which is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... sharply as investors ignored solid data from Germany and eyed possible military intervention in Syria, sending the price of safe-haven gold soaring. While London's FTSE 100 index slid 0.79 per cent to 6.440.97 points, other markets were down more than ...