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No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Just three weeks out from the Abbott government's second budget, the Prime Minister and Assistant Treasurer have said there will be no changes to tax policy regarding negative gearing or superannuation. On speculation that the government might act to ...

TH Real Estate grows team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Global real estate manager, TIAA Henderson Real Estate, has appointed a senior real estate analyst. In the newly-created role, William Keaveney will be responsible for providing analytical support, research and analysis across equity and debt real estate ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Investors' search for yield in the current low rate, low-return perfect storm has boosted hedge fund inflows. Funds under management for the sector were up 21.7% for the two years to December 2014, according to Rainmaker Data. But a great idea, an obscure ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Australia's top bankers will have to explain what went wrong in their advice divisions at a public Senate hearing in Canberra on Tuesday. Chaired by Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, the Senate Economics Committee will interrogate Macquarie Group chief executive ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0720 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,938. US stocks finished a touch lower after a mixed round of company ...

ANZ sets up $30m compensation program for advice clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
ANZ will reimburse $30 million to clients of its financial planning business who did not get the annual reviews promised as part of the bank's advice and investment service. About 8,500 Prime Access clients will be reimbursed, ANZ confirmed in a statement. ...

NAB fined $40m over British bank failings

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
National Australia Bank's British bank (Clydesdayle) recently received a record fine nearing $40 million for lying to the United Kingdom's Financial Ombudsman Service as well as adopting inappropriate complaint policies. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority ...

Admin issues delay AMP NZ equities mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
AMP Capital's $670 million mandate to New Zealand boutique fund manager Salt Funds Management has been delayed because of administration issues. The mandate was announced on March 25 and was due to start on April 1, but AMP confirmed that the start ...

AB managing director joins Dimensional

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
AB's managing director of institutional marketing and former country head Ross Kent has joined Dimensional Fund Advisors after more than a decade with the global asset manager. He joins the fund manager and research house as a regional director in Sydney ...

Future Generation fund adds more big names

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Future Generation Investment Company (FGX) has beefed up its board with the addition of four well-known industry figures. Paradice Asset Management founder David Paradice, Victor Smorgon Group chief financial officer David Leeton, Greenstone Partners' ...