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AMP appoints two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
AMP has appointed two new non-executive directors. Michael Wilkins is the former managing director and chief executive of IAG; he was also managing director of Promina Group and Tyndall Australia and has been a non-executive director of Maple-Brown ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Markit flash US manufacturing PMI Markit Economics' flash US manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) eased to a reading of 52.1 in August from July's nine-month high level of 52.9 on the back of continued solid strength in production. While the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Australia employment It was good, but not as good as the headline numbers suggests. Australian businesses hired an additional 26,200 workers in July - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 and the biggest monthly rise since the "questionable" ...

Schroders joins exchange-quoted managed fund game

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Schroders has joined Magellan, K2 Asset Management and AMP Capital in launching an ASX-quoted version of one of its managed funds. The Schroder Real Return Fund (Managed Fund) is based on the firm's successful Real Return CPI Plus 5% fund - which at ...

Antipodes LIC aims to raise $200m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Sydney-based international equities boutique Antipodes Partners has launched its first listed investment company (LIC) to Australian and New Zealand investors. Antipodes Global Investment Company Limited (ASX: APL), which has a 'Recommended' rating ...

Automated retirement product gains recognition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's automated retirement income solution has been recognised as an innovative product by the country's business community. Australian Catholic Super's RetireSmart account-based pension was a winner ...

AAT upholds ASIC adviser ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld a decision to permanently ban a Sydney finance broker. Shiv Sahay of Lidcombe NSW, was permanently banned from providing financial services and engaging in credit activity following an ASIC investigation ...

BUSSQ sees C-suite expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Queensland industry superannuation fund BUSSQ has confirmed it will undergo a C-suite expansion from October as part of its strategy to split the chief executive and chief investment officer roles. BUSSQ chief executive David O'Sullivan confirmed he ...

ASIC determines Aussie equity market "mostly clean"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
ASIC has found in a new report that 95% of listed equity trades on the market "exhibited no (or negligible) anomalous trading patterns" ahead of material announcements from November 2014 to October 2015. The regulator's Review of Australian equity market ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
ANZ job ads The "increased uncertainty following the close federal election on July 2 and the shock decision by the UK to leave the European Union on June 24" is how ANZ's head of Australian economics Felicity Emmett explained the sharp 0.8% drop in ...