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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US stocks barrelled to fresh records following China's surprise interest-rate cut. At 0751 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 52 points at 5,360. The People's Bank ...

Vanguard launches hedged and unhedged intl ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Two new international shares exchange traded funds (ETF) from Vanguard have begun trading on the ASX. The Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (ASX: VGS) and the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (hedged) ETF (ASX:VGAD) offer investors ...

Van Eyk collapse brings down AWI chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The chairman of Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has resigned in the wake of the collapse of van Eyk Research, with a replacement to be voted on at AWI's annual general meeting (AGM) in November. According to AWI, the board has asked iPac Securities ...

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
How many Prime Ministers does it take to fix the Japanese economy? Sixteen... and is still counting. That's the number of times Japan has changed its leader since 1990 when the economy did a Humpty Dumpty. Twenty four years on and all 16 kings - and ...

Minto re-elected as ASFA board chair

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher on the back of modest gains in European and US stocks overnight. The December share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,452. Wall Street and European stocks are slightly higher ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The Future Fund is categorically not a superannuation fund, Peter Costello has reminded superannuation professionals at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. The former treasurer and current Future Fund chair said that, far ...

First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
First Super will vote against the re-election of two Commonwealth Bank (CBA) board members who served during the bank's financial advice scandal. The fund will use its vote at the forthcoming CBA annual general meeting on November 12 and will oppose ...

Sophisticated investor register launched

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
A new online investor registry, aimed at modernising the compliance process for certifying sophisticated and wholesale investors, has been launched by Sophisticated Access (SA). The real-time registry, known as Cygura, is for investors and their accountants ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high following the Republican win in the US midterm elections. At 0910 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 ...