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iShares launches currency hedged international ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Two new exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been launched on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by iShares. The new funds are local hedged versions of iShares most popular international ETFs, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and iShares Global 100 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a fluctuating Wall Street mostly gained amid speculation the fallout of Greece's newly-elected anti-austerity party will be contained. At 0845 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day... I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way?" Mario, Mario, Mario Talkin' 'bout Q-E Q-E. Yes Virginia, he did it. Super Mario brought sunshine to the financial markets on this, a cold and cloudy Frankfurt day. ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
AMP-owned financial planning firm Hillross has handed out its Adviser of the Year, New Adviser of the Year and Firm of the Year awards at a ceremony this week. Sydney planner David Kennedy was crowned Adviser of the Year for his ability to "set meaningful ...

LGS grows investment committee

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Local Government Super (LGS) has reviewed its governance framework and added two members to its investment committee. Bev Durston and Robert Swift are the new committee members and they will assist the fund in monitoring the performance of LGS' investment ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Ahh yes, it's the time of the year again folks...the time when the World Bank WEP) releases its crystal ball's read on the year ahead....and despite the myriad of 'Happy New Year' wishes wished upon us when 2014 became 2015, the WB's crystal ball says ...

WAM Capital announces $100m share purchase plan

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
Listed investment company WAM Capital has announced a $100 million share purchase plan (SPP). The SPP will be offered to existing shareholders at the fixed price of $1.90 per share. Shareholders who participate in the offer will be entitled to the 7.0 ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?" - Robert Burns Happy 2015 to all you gentlereaders. We're back in space - cyberspace that is - and, it seems, so are the economic and financial market uncertainties that littered the dying ...

Standard Life Inv launches global equity strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
Standard Life Investments has launched a Global Equity Unconstrained strategy. The fund is available to international investors, including Australian clients, through a SICAV structure. The SICAV fund (which is an acronym for sociA(C)tA(C) d'investissement ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company ...