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EQT joins Calastone network

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Equity Trustees (EQT) has joined Calastone's automated funds transaction network. As a result, EQT can reduce the administration burden associated with trade notifications and fund transactions. "Previously, our processes to trade with platform operators ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Hedge funds should be thriving in the unusual low return environment. But instead of turning to the rock stars of funds management, investors are choosing safer and cheaper options. As managers warn about an Australian brain drain, experts talk about ...

SMSF Association appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Chief financial officer at Defence Health, Cath Mulcare, has been appointed as an independent board director for the SMSF Association. Mulcare has been the chief financial officer at Defence Health since September 2011, and has worked across a range ...

Ignition Wealth appoints inaugural chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Automated investing service Ignition Wealth has appointed a veteran investment banker as its inaugural chairman. Peter Meurer has more than 40 years' experience in financial markets and has been executive chairman of Asian investment bank Nomura Australia ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...

Property deal drives new automotive trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Property group Charter Hall has launched a Direct Automotive Trust seeded by the acquisition of three high-profile retail properties for more than $100 million. Charter Hall announced the Trust's establishment via the Australian Securities Exchange ...

Westpac insurance adviser gets permanent ban

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
A Westpac financial planner has been permanently banned for submitting false insurance policy proposals to the bank to obtain benefits for himself. Victoria-based adviser Martin Hodgetts submitted nine false insurance policies between May and September  ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Look ma, China's central bank must have read the piece I've written yesterday morning calling their 1.9% devaluation a mere speck. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) topped it up with another devaluation of 1.6% by the afternoon for a grand total of ...

Bendigo wealth earnings fall 20pct despite acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank cash earnings for its wealth management division are down 20.5%, despite the acquisition of a stake in a superannuation fund. Australia's fifth largest bank reported its results for the year to 30 June 2015 and confirmed that ...

All right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
If you think that the latest US non-farm payrolls report is good enough for the Fed to proceed with a September lift-off, you are correct. You are not wrong too if you think it's not strong enough for the Fed to pull the trigger in September. There's ...