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Happy sentiment holding up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... and export orders. Industrial confidence jumped to a reading of 0.8 in January from 0 in the previous month. This is well-above both market expectations for a 0.2 reading and its long-term average of minus 6.5. Sentiment in the services sector went up ...

ATO calls time on SMSF safe harbour rules

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... need to be supported by a registered mortgage or security over the relevant asset. If the LRBA is not consistent with the above, it will need to be wound up. In an alert to financial advisers, Cooper Grace Ward partner Clinton Jackson said: "If you have ...

Hunter Hall receives surprise new takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... performance; Hunter Hall Investment Management remains the manager of HHV; and Hunter Hall's total funds under management remains above $900 million. The firm added if Pinnacle is successful only in acquiring Peter Hall's remaining stake, which represents ...

Lonsec highly recommends Martin Currie ethical fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... approach to invest in Australian shares with a responsible investment screen, excludes companies with business involvement above 5% of revenue in alcohol, adult entertainment, weapons, fur, gambling, genetically modified crops, nuclear power and tobacco. ...

Hunter Hall appoints LIC director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... superior proposal. Hall explained: "I have known WHSP for many years, having first met patriarch Jim Millner in his office above the chemist shop on Pitt Street in 1985. WHSP is a very fine Australian institution with diversified interests. "Should WHSP ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... Alan Bird explained at the time: "The recommended change is not about fund performance, as the performance of TIML has been above industry benchmarks, with the PIF earning an average after-tax return of 7.0 per cent p.a. and returning close to $190 million ...

A-dollar rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... collateral damage of a US-China trade war over the course of 2017. It is difficult to see the Aussie spending much time above US75, especially with US dollar downside ultimately limited by Fed tightening expectations in the months ahead." Then again ...

Hunter Hall investment style to be maintained: WHSP

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... the WHSP takeover bid, Hall said: "I have known WHSP for many years, having first met patriarch Jim Millner in his office above the chemist shop on Pitt Street in 1985. WHSP is a very fine Australian institution with diversified interests." WHSP is offering ...

Sun rising in Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... previous month supported by a rally in the stock market and the yen's depreciation versus the US dollar. This is sharply above market expectations for an improvement to 41.3 and is the highest level in three years (September 2013). The Nikkei-225 index ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... Politics (TIPP) to gauge consumers' confidence on the US economic outlook - rose to a reading of 55.6 in January (a reading above 50 indicates optimism). This is the highest level in 10 years and two months (November 2006) and follows the 3.4 point surged ...