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Equity trustees beds down ANZ Trustees with new appointment

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Equity Trustees has created the role of head of cash and fixed income, following the April announcement that it had agreed to acquire 100% of ANZ Trustees for $150 million. Lance Pupelis, who was most recently head of fixed income at ANZ Trustees and ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
With growth like this what's a central banker to do? It might have been too easy for the Fed to justify its steady taper as she goes despite the National Accounts showing that real GDP growth slowed to a snail dragging a very heavy object pace - 0.1% ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... record 30.4 million heads. Likewise, the claimant count unemployment continues to decline - down by 25,100 to 1116.7K in April - the lowest since November 2008 and marks month 22 of straight falls. These makes the QIR forecasts of the unemployment rate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following the federal budget's release, despite a positive lead from Wall street where both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs. At 0915 AEST on Wednesday, the March share price index futures ...

UK star manager announces launch date for new fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
Neil Woodford, one of the UK's best known fund managers, has announced a 2 June launch date for the first fund under his new independent banner, Woodford Investment Management. Woodford left his role as head of equity at Invesco Perpetual in April where ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a rally in US stocks with the Dow closing its last session at a fresh record high. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was flat at 5,445. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen made upbeat comments about the American economy. US equity markets recovered some losses after Dr Yellen told Congress overnight that the US economy is on track ...

PROFILE: Actuaries Institute CEO David Bell

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
In April the Actuaries Institute launched an advertising campaign painting actuaries as the 'rock stars of the 21st Century'. FourA months into the role, new chief executiveA David Bell tells James Fernyhough what heA hopes the campaign will achieve. ...

Australian ETF industry passes $11 billion milestone

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Total funds in the Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market surged to $11.13 billion in April, an almost 50% increase from 12 months ago. According to the latest ASX Funds Monthly Update, over $1 billion has flowed into ASX-listed in 2014, with ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
The Australian market is set to open lower after Wall Street dropped on concerns about the US tech sector and disappointing earnings from insurance giant AIG. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points ...