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FICAP Rockstar winners announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The winners of the 2015 Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) Who Wants to be a Rockstar competition were crowned last night, with BlackRock's Adam Hess given the highest honour for his fiery performance of The Killers' Mr Brightside. Hess ...

Turnbull on super and housing debate: "a thoroughly bad idea"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
Communications Minister and Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull slammed Treasurer Joe Hockey's suggestion that young Australians could be given early access to their superannuation to help them buy their first house. "My own view is that would be a thoroughly ...

Only a quarter of Australians contributing to reach retirement goals

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... (24.5%) are making additional super contributions to reach this goal, according to a survey commissioned by Club Plus Super. Club Plus surveyed 1,358 fund members to gauge customer satisfaction and analyse member trends concerning financial needs, retirement ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Unlike the Greek tragedies of bailout past, investors appear to be taking a mind over matter attitude towards Grexit these days - that is, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. The performance of the markets' fear gauge - the VIX index - tells us so. ...

Centuria reports 6.6% growth in net assets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Centuria Capital has released its results for the half-year to 31 December 2014 and declared a 6.6% growth in net assets and an interim fully-franked dividend of 2c, to be paid on 26 March. Strategic goals reached during the period include Centuria's ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
And an easing here, an easing there, everywhere an easing... Just a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) joined the central bank surprise club and decided to ooh, ahh, "have what they're having", and two days after I typed on this space "and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat, following a weaker lead from Wall Street with US stocks fluctuating as oil prices again fall. At 0836 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,716. In local ...

LaSalle appoints head of funds from Charter Hall

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
LaSalle Investment Management has appointed a former Charter Hall fund manager as head of funds management for Australia. Chris Forbes will be based in Sydney and will be responsible for driving fund performance of the LaSalle Australia Core Plus Fund ...

FICAP gives support to The Shepherd Centre charity

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has brought The Shepherd Centre on board as its newest charity partner. The Shepherd Centre joins Redkite and Weave Youth & Community Services as FICAP's chosen charities in 2015. Since 1970, The ...

Instreet acquires ethical platform for responsible investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
Boutique investment manager Instreet Investments has acquired the Emerald Club and its flagship Responsible Investment (RI) product, The Emerald Wrap. Tailored to advisers with clients seeking an ethical foundation for investments, the Emerald Wrap ...