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Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... of Unions NSW, told an estimated 800 union delegates at the Australian Council of Trade Unions annual conference in Melbourne that super funds should weigh into the issue of multi-national profit shifting and use their influence as institutional investors ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done for the March quarter and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity are due out. In Sydney, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe ...

UBS hands wealth management business to senior staff

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... Geoff Stansen, Gary MacKenzie, Andrew Lees, Leigh Birtles and Don Chandler are amongst a group of senior advisers from Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane who, together with senior management, have led the push for the creation of a new partnership firm. ...

Australia sings hallelujah

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... about the gyrations in ore prices. Instead we, Australians all, should be happy because we're happi-er. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index jumped by 6.4% in May to 102.4 points - the first time since February that optimists outnumbered ...

Blue Sky raises $20m for LIC

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... Limited, also listed on the ASX. Blue Sky was listed on the ASX in January 2012 and has offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and New York, with a team of more than 70 and a broad investor base including institutional, wholesale and retail ...

CFA Societies wants industry professionals to swear oath

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... and the recent financial planning scandals. In an open letter to the treasury signed by the presidents of the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth chapters of CFA Societies - Anthony Serhan, Kate Misic and Jason Chesters - the body called for all industry practitioners ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... participates in a panel discussion at The Future of International Governance and the G20 conference, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey is due out. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished lower for a second straight ...

ASIC and RBA issue property bubble warning

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Grag Medcraft says the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets look a lot like bubbles. "I am quite worried about the Sydney and Melbourne property markets. In housing, the long-term average ...

Western unconstrained strategy wins first mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... without taking too much credit risk." Western manages $564.1 billion globally and $21.35 billion in Australia through its Melbourne-based office.

Folkestone develops two Melbourne properties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Real estate fund manager Folkestone has announced two new developments in Melbourne. The first is a 3.4 hectare former Bunnings site in Altona North, next to its existing Millers Junction development. Folkestone hopes to consolidate these holdings to ...