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Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... certificates. He said use of APIs has grown at a significant rate over the past few years and growth for the business is likely to stretch across several industries including legal documentation suppliers, customer relationship management providers ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
We might have to go pass the 11th hour and into the 13th for the "adults" in the "emergency summit" room continue to disagree to agree. Yes Virginia, the Greeks and the troika have exhausted the third of the three scheduled talks this week and still... ...

Fund manager fees too high: David Neal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... their long-term return needs. Funds could respond to this by moving out along the risk curve, taking more and more risk to stretch for higher returns. Indeed this is exactly what central banks want us to do. "The issue for the investor of course is that ...

Another thrilla in Athena

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... thumping, palms sweating, knees weakening. But, but... we've been here many, many times before. You, I and Irene don't have to stretch our collective memories further back in time for this sub-plot has been replayed all over again this year alone. Remember ...

Blue Sky raises $20m for LIC

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund Limited recently completed a $20 million capital raise through a one for three non-renounceable entitlement offer. The funds raised will be used to build on the listed investment company's actively managed portfolio ...

Forget Australia, head stateside for property yield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Forget about Australia's fast rising real estate sector, the next opportunity in that space could be in the United States, as all eyes turn to the timing of interest rate rises. Australia's love affair with property is "certainly greater than Australia's ...

Aurora appoints portfolio manager from Philo

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
Aurora Funds Management appointed a former executive from Philo Capital as senior portfolio manager. As Philo Capital head of listed securities, Hugh Dive managed over $1 billion in three strategies: Core Australian Equities, Listed Property and Interest ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Maybe this time. Another day, another crack at that round numbered psychological level (hurdle?) of 6,000 points. The S&P/ASX 200 index has done so repeatedly over the past few weeks only to be pushed back. It tried again yesterday, reached a high of ...

Tech stock tech stock (tick tock tick tock)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Impressive! Nah Virginia, I refer not to the big bouncy bouncy Wall Street and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked ...