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OneVue reshuffles board ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
OneVue has overhauled its board ahead of its IPO, with three members stepping down, but chair Gail Pemberton retaining her position. Major OneVue shareholder Michael Cole will depart due to time constraints and potential conflicts of interest, the company ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Fund manager PM Capital has urged investors not to over-react to geo-political or environmental disruption and stay the course with their long-term investment strategy. Kevin Bertoli, portfolio manager of PM Capital's Emerging Asia Fund, said that concerns ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell with a sell-off in technology companies outweighing encouraging economic news. At 0807 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,341. Data ...

FoFA uncertainty presents good buying opportunity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
The uncertainty over the regulation of financial advice over recent years has presented small cap investors with a good buying opportunity, according to NovaPort Capital portfolio manager Sinclair Currie. After weeks of continued debate over the Future ...

AFA finds FoFA debate "surprising"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has expressed disappointment at the freeze of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendment regulations and finds it surprising that such "sensible and pragmatic amendments" have generated controversy among ...

CommInsure nabs ANZ head of insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... the company's retail bank division, before moving on to roles at ING and ANZ. CommInsure's acting executive general manager Tim Browne said: "I am pleased Craig will be leading the wholesale life division of CommInsure and am confident he will deliver ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
It's almost over - the first one-fourth of 2014, that is, and what have equity markets got to show for it? They retreated, they bounced back and after (nearly) three months... they did almost zilch. As at yesterday's closing, the All Ordinaries index ...

Gen Y getting the income stream message

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Generation Y are becoming more engaged with their superannuation, with 63% saying they will draw down on their super as an income stream rather than taking it as a lump sum, research commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Macquarie adds Government Bond Fund to SIV suite

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Macquarie Specialist Investments (MSI) has expanded its offering to wealthy migrants with the launch of the Macquarie Significant Investor Visa (SIV) Government Bond Fund. The Macquarie SIV Government Bond Fund invests into bonds issued by Australian ...

BRICs without BRI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
The timing may be varied - as early as 2027 and not until 2050 - but there was almost universal consensus that their grouping would eventually supplant the Group of 7 (G7) as the richest countries in the world. You guessed it Virginia, these are the ...