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Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Federal Open Market Committee's surprise decision not to begin tapering its stimulus measures has brought a fresh wave of confidence to Australian investors, according to industry experts. Federal Reserve chairman Ban Bernanke said the US would ...

AFA Adviser of the Year Finalists revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
The six finalists for the 11th annual Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award have been announced ahead of the October AFA conference. The Awards recognises leadership, advocacy and innovation in the financial services industry ...

CFA to host Australia Investment Conference in Melbourne

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The CFA Institute and CFA Societies Australia is hosting its Australia Investment Conference at the park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne on 24 October 2013. The Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governer Dr Phil Lowe and president and chief executive at CFA ...

NAB delays staff salary increases

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
While ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have recently agreed to improve employees' working conditions, National Australia Bank's (NAB's) answer to the Financial Services Union (FSU) demands was "mean and disappointing." The FSU said that NAB offered ...

Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
Laminar Funds took home the Australian hedge fund of the year award for its Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund at a ceremony at The Star in Sydney yesterday. The fixed interest fund invests in a range of corporate bonds, bank debt, credit derivatives ...

AVCAL chief executive resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Katherine Woodthorpe has announced she will step down as chief executive of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) after seven years in the role. Woodthorpe made the announcement last night, and her resignation will be ...

Perpetual equities deputy head to step down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Perpetual deputy head of equities and co-manager of the Industrial Share Fund, Charlie Lanchester, has decided to leave the institutional funds management industry after 14 years with the company. Paul Skamvougeras has been appointed deputy head of ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
It's a wonderful set of numbers. Well...errr, it depends.A It depends whether you're an Abbott supporter or anti-Rudd crusader.A Whoops!A That means the same thing. Nah! That's not a Freudian slip.A I'm still deciding whether to go with the Australian ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Recovering pension account balances in the US is triggering a rush of US federal employees to retire, with as many as one-third of some agencies expected to leave their jobs. Helping to restore confidence in their pension funds is that the US pension ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
I thought this would happen, but not to happen so soon. Yes Virginia, Wall Street's reaction to the looming war with Syria is playing out according to the script of the 1991 Iraq War and its 2003 sequel. There's the sell orders that comes with the anxiety ...