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Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Asian hedge fund manager LIM Advisors called for shareholder action to force AMP Capital to take steps to narrow the 26% discount on its China Growth Fund. LIM Advisors said it will call an extraordinary general meeting to take the matter to unitholders ...

Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Australia's big four banks have commented on APRA's announcement that it would increase capital adequacy requirements for residential mortgage exposures. APRA's change means that the risk weight on residential mortgage exposures for Australian deposit-taking ...

Lonsec recommends BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Lonsec has given BetaShares' Nasdaq 100 ETF a Recommended rating. It's the first ETF listed on the ASX which tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, and was launched in May. Lonsec recommended it based on its ability to give Australian retail investors access ...

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has written to the chairs of over 30 ASX 200 companies regarding the lack of female representation on their boards. The goal was to remind these companies - which either had just one female director ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
What Greece has started, China's finishing. To be sure, the tragi-comedy that is Greece is far from over, not with crunch time moments ever so foreverly moved - 23 February was the first "this is it moment" for Athens, that became 24 Feb, that became ...

Advice demand up as direct investment grows

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
A growing number of direct investors will drive an increase in demand for financial advice, the latest ASX Share Ownership Study revealed. The study showed that Australians continue to be among the world's largest share owners, with 36% or 6.48 million ...

New lifecycle and infrastructure options at Hostplus

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Industry superannuation fund Hostplus has introduced two new investment options as recognition of members progressively seeking defensive, lower-risk options on the approach to retirement. The first new investment option - IFM Australian Infrastructure ...

SMSFs to access Berkshire Hathaway from Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) will be able to access Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway from Australia. MDS Financial-owned Sequoia Specialist Investments has launched a number of structured products that provide exposure to the performance of Berkshire ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
This year, Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest mutual bond fund. But the wars between active and passive investment are not over. In a world where lower for longer is the new normal, active managers argue they are the only ones who can bring ...

Australian share market losing ground at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is losing ground after three days of gains, with investors appearing cautious ahead of Greece's referendum on a bailout deal on Sunday. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said traders had been buying for several ...