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Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Sufferin' succotash! Now we're really in trouble. Australians all, let's not rejoice for the bad news is piling up on us... one after the other. There's slowing China - GDP decelerated to 7.0% in the first quarter from 7.4% in 2014 - and is pushing ...

Future Fund appoints board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Carolyn Kay and Jane Wilson have been appointed to the Future Fund Board of Guardians. Kay was most recently a director at Commonwealth Bank, and has previously held roles at Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Linklaters & Paines. Wilson is currently a ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
They talk the talk but aren't walking the talk. This is what I walk out with after poring through the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) sentiment and asset allocation surveys conducted in the last week of March. In its 2 April report ...

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 ...

Europe and Japan becoming preferred equity markets

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Both Credit Suisse and Standard Life Investments have updated their global outlooks for 2015, highlighting a growing preference for Japanese and European equities. These markets have benefited from recovery after weak growth in 2014; profits growth ...

Blue Sky to raise $20m for alternatives fund

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund is seeking to raise up to $20 million through a one for three non-renounceable entitlement issue of new ordinary shares. The Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (BSAAF) is Australia's only listed diversified alternatives ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Even simple investment funds, including long only mutual funds, can pose financial stability risks, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The international body's recent update to its Global Financial Stability Report offered five policy messages ...

Treasury invites submissions to draft MIT tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Treasury is inviting submissions on proposed changes to the tax system for managed investment trusts, which are aimed at improving the international competitiveness of Australian managed funds. The exposure draft legislation has been developed in close ...

Views sought on super form changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Federal treasury is calling for submissions on draft legislation that will see employers no longer obligated to provide a standard choice of fund form to temporary residents or to employees when their superannuation funds merge. In November last year ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
It's a hat trick. It's three for three. Three times that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) wrong-footed market expectations. Governor Glenn Stevens cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25% back in February when markets expected ...