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Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... per cent on the deal, which will create a leader in the surging market for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Big-box retailer Costco Wholesale fell 0.8 per cent as revenues for the quarter ending May 10 came in at $US25.52 billion ($A33 billion) ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... bank that had been acquired by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) in 1984. On his first week, he was given a big box full of term deposit cards and was asked to order them by date of expiry. "It was a really big box and a boring task. But ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... superhero blockbuster film "Avengers: Age of Ultron" netted a staggering $US187.7 million ($A239.63 million) in opening-weekend box-office sales, close to the all-time record of $US207.4 million set by an earlier "Avengers" movie. Oil and gas producer ...

JPM navigates super funds towards maritime income strategy

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
J. P. Morgan is looking to bring investments in global shipping to Australian superannuation funds. According to the global asset manager, yield-oriented maritime asset investments offer a combination of benefits: attractive total return potential ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
As a student of economics, I've heard about John Maynard Keynes' 'Paradox of Thrift', David Ricardo's 'Ricardian Equivalence Theory', A Alan Greenspan's 'Interest Rate Conundrum' (which appears to be making a return performance in the US) and of course ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... of the Future Fund for any purpose," he said. The Future Fund's lack of members, as well as the fact that it is a "locked box" until at least 2020, makes it a very different institution from super fund. It does not have different investment options ...

Highest paid execs in super revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... specify where on the website it should publish the information. In many cases, typing in 'executive remuneration' in the search box yielded no results.

Sophisticated investor register launched

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Sophisticated Access worked closely with ASIC to identify and address relevant regulatory matters "Cygura puts investors in the box seat, giving them greater control over the certification process, including the ability to control and see who is relying ...

SEC adviser exams could cost US$310m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... investment adviser examination requirements could cost their funds industry US$310 million. Training consultant 'RIA in a Box' released its analysis last week following sentiment that a Bill before Congress to 'user charge' investment advisers for professsional ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...