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ASIC to scrutinise intra-fund advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Superannuation funds can expect a higher level of scrutiny of their intra-fund advice operations over the coming year, according to Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chairman Peter Kell. Kell said the regulator's increased ...

OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Australian venture capital firm OneVentures has announced the first close of its Innovation and Growth Fund II after raising $60 million. The fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics ...

BNP Paribas granted on-shore renminbi licence

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The asset management arm of BNP Paribas has been granted a RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) license by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The license will enable BNP Paribas Investment Partners to provide its clients ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report. "Thank you to the National Press Club for the interest you have shown in today's release of the interim report of ...

Demographic shift injects growth into healthcare property investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
Hospitals, medical centres and aged care facilities are proving an attractive means for investors to benefit from Australia's ageing demographic story, according to Australian Unity Investment's general manager Mark Pratt. The property expert, who is ...

Nikko AM to launch Singapore's first Chinese onshore bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Tyndall Investment Management's parent company Nikko Asset Management will launch the first Chinese onshore bond for retail investors in Singapore in mid-July. The Chinese Onshore Bond Fund is being launched in partnership with the Bank of China and ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's S&P 500 bolted to a new record following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its interest rates ultra low. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price ...

New entrants drive growth in global equities sector

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Over the past 12 months the global equities sector has seen the highest number of new entrants since before the onset of the global financial crisis, a report by investment research house Lonsec Research (Lonsec) has revealed. Lonsec's Global Equities ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... you'll have a clearer appreciation of how far the economy has gone. While latest data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that the unemployment rate remaining at 7.2% in the November-January period (from 7.1%), the lead from the January ...