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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... the brink of war with Russia in a crisis that began three months ago with civilian protests against the government of President Viktor Yanukovych. "We've already made the adjustment to the Ukraine news while the US and UK markets made the adjustment ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Go ahead punks, make my day! Did Russian President Vladimir Putin just give the G7 a two-handed one finger salute? This is if latest reports are true that Russia has given Ukraine's military forces in Crimea to surrender or face an all out assault ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... on the brink of war with Russia, which is threatening to invade Ukraine in the wake of the ouster of Kremlin-backed president Viktor Yanukovych. The deepening crisis has scared investors away from riskier assets, including equities and risk currencies. ...

NZ Super sells forestry stake to iwi group

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... major stakeholders include Canadian pension fund, Public Sector Pension Investment Board at 30%, and an affiliate of the President and Fellows of Harvard College at 28.75%. The group of iwi have called themselves the Kakano Investment Limited Partnership ...

Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Russia threatening to invade in a crisis that began three months ago with civilian protests against the government of President Viktor Yanukovych. The deepening crisis has scared investors away from riskier assets, including equities and risk currencies ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Bloody Vladimir! This must be what US President Barack Obama thought after two-time (2000-2008 and 2012-present) Russian President and two-time (1999-2000 and 2008-2012) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "asked" and "got" the Russian Parliament's ...

Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... for 20 years. During that time, Greg oversaw the amalgamation of seven unions to form the NUW, served as Senior Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and was National President of the Australian Labor Party. In 2010 Greg Sword was ...

La Trobe mortgage fund gets "Strong" rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... Houses including Lonsec - Recommended, Zenith - Recommended and SQM Superior Research - 4 Stars. La Trobe Financial president Greg O'Neill said that he was very proud to receive this recent rating recognition from Australia Ratings. "We stick to innovative ...

Treasury looks at further FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... rules that ban conflicted remuneration arrangements for corporate super specialist advisers, according to Douglas Latto, president of the Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA). Traditionally corporate super advisers rely on a dual business model ...

S&P DJI eyes aligned advice groups with new role

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... access, as ETFs compete with many of the managed fund products offered by the big banks. But John Davies, SPDJI's vice president, global exchange products, said that in the post-Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) world, this is changing. "Historically ...