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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with solid gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up 30 points at 5,432. The Dow and S&P 500 have bolted to fresh records on continued momentum from Wednesday's ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
ASX is set to buy a 49% stake in Yieldbroker, the Australian debt and interest rate derivatives market operator, for $65 million. The deal makes ASX a significant investor alongside ANZ, CBA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, NAB, RBC, RBS ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Global fund manager AllianceBernstein is set to launch three more China funds after receiving a licence in the Chinese government's Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The scheme allows non-Chinese financial institutions ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the finalists of the adviser of the year, practice of the year and female excellence in advice awards. Finalists for the adviser of the year award are Affinity Private's Catherine Robson, Dartnall ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The complex business of financing infrastructure has traditionally been the preserve of banks. But Basel III has changed that. In the newly-restrictive lending environment, banks are approaching things differently, while non-bank investors are finding ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher despite a mixed session on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,550. US stocks have finished little changed as concerns about the upcoming referendum ...

Bennelong names new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed a new chief executive officer to commence on 20 October. Craig Bingham joins Bennelong from US fund manager Federated Investors, where he was chief executive for the Asia Pacific region. He has over 25 years ...

Netwealth brings portfolio management tool in-house

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Netwealth has fully integrated the SMART portfolio management tool into its platform to improve user experience and client access to information. SMART was previously outsourced, and is a real time modelling and rebalancing system which provides advisers ...

New players need support to enter financial services: Coles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Large banks' commercial competitive advantage over smaller organisations is a barrier to the entrance of new players in the financial services industry, Coles has said The retailer expressed support for a proposal laid out in the Financial System Inquiry ...

Hawks Nest is Australia's oldest town

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Hawks Nest on the NSW mid north coast boasts Australia's oldest average residents, giving a glimpse to how some communities will look when retirees begin to dominate the country. A report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found that ...