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IOOF behind HUB24 buyout offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
IOOF Holdings is back in the acquisition game and has made a proposal to acquire all of the shares of HUB24. Both companies confirmed the move in statements to the Australian Securities Exchange and HUB24 placed its shares in a trading halt on Tuesday ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
Australian Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) rose nearly 50% in funds under management in the 12 months to September 2015, while increasing in number from 90 to 118, according to the latest monthly report from the ASX. In September the ETF market increased ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
We're happy, Jan! This is the universal chorus from financial markets everywhere the week - the first 7 trading days of October - after the quarter - the worst three-months since September 2011 - before. Oh yes, yes, yo Virginia, we're happy little ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... on a path to return to 2 percent over the medium term." In other words, they would... if they could. But that's so September - when bad news and speculations were anything but... good. We're now traipsing past the first week of October and so far, so ...

Legg Mason fund added to AMP model portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Fund has been included in AMP's income model portfolio. The Real Income Fund invests in a mixture of AREITs, listed infrastructure and utilities to provide an attractive income stream with natural inflation protection. ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... that price pressures will remain contained for a while yet. Full employment. The economy added only 142,000 jobs in September - less than even the lowest estimate for a 180,000 increase. Worse, revisions to the previous two months subtracted a total ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has downgraded its house view on global equities from overweight to neutral to reflect stock prices reaching what it believes to be fair value, particularly in the US. The global fund manager has been positive on stocks since ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... them? This positive report is consistent with the AiG Performance of Manufacturing Index which increased to 52.1 in September - the third consecutive month that the index has been above 50 (expansion), accelerating from 50.4 in July and 51.7 in August. ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Average working Australians would have thousands of dollars more in their retirement savings if bigger superannuation funds faced stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to ...

Elliott new CEO at ANZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
ANZ will ring in the New Year with Shayne Elliott as its chief executive after the bank announced Mike Smith is stepping down in December. Elliott has been ANZ's chief financial officer for more than three years and is considered to be the right person ...