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Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... of the Sydney Theatre Company. Cuffe said he expects Gonski to join existing board members Fiona Higgins, Jan Swinhoe, Michael Traill, David Ward, Belinda Hutchinson and Tim Fairfax later this year. At 30 June, 2010, PAFs held $2.3bn in funds.

China manuf growth figures being misread

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... slower-than-average growth rather than the typical interpretation of a contraction. Reinforcing this, business commentator Michael Pascoe yesterday wrote that as the HSBC PMI refers to China's industrial production, the average for which is 14.8% annual ...

HSBC launches online trading platform

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... institutions to offer the convenience and flexibility of online share trading to their clients via a user friendly interface." Michael Danby, head of wealth management at HSBC Bank Australia said, "Investment in equities is one of the cornerstones of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... Mining NL, NuSep Holdings Ltd and Australasian Resources Ltd are due to hold general meetings. Commissioner of Taxation Michael D'Ascenzo is scheduled to speak at an Institute of Company Directors Lunch in Hobart, while Western Australian Treasurer and ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... investments listed the GFC or volatile markets and the need to preserve capital as the reason. National Seniors chief executive, Michael O'Neill, said the findings were consistent with the stories his organisation hears every day. "Unfortunately, they've ...

UK advisers should shift to planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... misselling crises and chronic underperformance that have savaged the wealth sector's reputation. Author of the report, Michael Johnson, formerly Secretary to the Conservative Party's Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, is a former investment banker. ...

Founder of 2020 DIRECTINVEST retires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Michael Lannon, founder of 2020 DIRECTINVEST, the pioneering managed funds direct distribution group, has retired following 15 years as a leader for the business. "Michael has played an instrumental role in building 2020 DIRECTINVEST into the successful ...

ATO warns on structured products

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... warning on sophisticated structured financial products that claim to offer franking credits among tax benefits to investors. Michael D'Ascenzo, tax commissioner at the ATO has said the products involved claimed to offer exposure to a portfolio of listed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... obsession with the glass half-empty approach to investing means, in the absence of any other factors, the market is sinking," Michael McCarthy, chief market strategist at CMC Markets, said. Local energy stocks bore the brunt of negative sentiment, with ...

Investors turn to dynamic asset allocation

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... to balance risk and return by asset class, "now there is a soul searching with some looking for new approaches," said Michael Kelly, managing director global head of asset allocation and structured equities, PineBridge Investments. Kelly told Financial ...