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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a lacklustre performance on Wall Street after the release of disappointing economic data. At 0908 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was unchanged at 5,407. The US ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks fluctuated as data showing the economy expanded more than previously forecast was offset by a drop in consumer confidence. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian government yesterday released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international report released by Credit Suisse shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. ...

Lazard AM grows global multi asset team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
Lazard Asset Management has appointed Rupert Hope as a director and portfolio manager in its global multi asset team. Based in New York, Hope will help grow the firm's emerging market and global multi asset solution platform. Hope was previously co-head ...

Adviser jailed for two years over $1.5M fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
A former Perth-based financial adviser has been jailed for two years for stealing almost $1.5 million worth of shares. Michael King was made eligible for parole, but the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Superannuation assets climbed 10% in the 12 months to end September 2014 to reach $1.871 trillion and are on track to break the $2 trillion barrier by March next year. MySuper accounts for 33% of institutional super funds surveyed by APRA or $375 billion ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Either they're plain lazy or just simply stupid! Like a dog with a bone, they got it and... ran away with it. I refer to some (thankfully, not most today) financial headlines that connected Wall Street's dip overnight to the Fed's deflation concerns. ...

Advisers want more information from fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Financial advisers are not only interested in fund returns, they want information to help clients understand how funds fit within their portfolios and how it will help deliver outcomes. An Investment Trends survey of 768 planners found that only one ...

TAL boosts profit in half-year result

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Dai-ichi Life-owned TAL has posted an underlying profit of $78 million for the six months to September 2014, up from $46 million in the same period last year. The result represents a 69% increase from the first half of the year, TAL reported. The insurer ...

Former NAB boss received $6m last year

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Former National Australia Bank boss Cameron Clyne took home almost $6 million during his last 10 months in the job. According to NAB's annual report, Clyne received $5.98 million during the bank's 2013/14 fiscal year, which ended on September 30. That ...