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Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Well they tried, and they tried, and they tried, but it seems that there's just no bringing back gold's shine. Gold was hit for six - that is, prices dropped for a sixth consecutive day overnight - down to a low of US$1,088.05 per ounce (the lowest ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The value of self-managed super fund (SMSF) investment in residential real estate has jumped 60% in the last four years, according to figures from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry ...

AIA sees $1.9bn premium growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
AIA recorded the highest percentage growth among Australia's life insurance risk premium inflows during the 12 months to March 2015 according to Plan for Life data. AIA grew 20.2%, recording $1.87 billion in inflows, seeing them jump from fifth to third ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The Fed lady sang for two consecutive days but "not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse". The S&P 500 index fell all of 0.07% when Janet testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the 15th, but more likely than not this was due ...

Nikko AM brings global equity fund to Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Nikko Asset Management has brought its Global Share Fund to Australia following an increase in appetite for international equities. The fund aims to deliver total returns before fees, expenses and taxes of 3% above the MSCI All Countries World ex Australia ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Queensland company director from providing financial services for two years after failing to ensure the company complied as a Responsible Entity under the Corporations Act. Between ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
ASIC has banned a life insurance adviser from former Macquarie Group subsidiary Risk Advice Specialists. Risk Advice Specialists, which described itself as "100% backed by Macquarie," was a boutique risk-focused dealer group established in 2012. It ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Was that it? No fire sale? Have the financial markets lost their marbles? Haven't they read the headlines about Greece turn from gloom to doom and yet... there were no massive sell orders? Or, not enough buy-ops. Equity markets closed down, a bit, - ...

TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) has become one of Australia's top 10 asset managers after State Super outsourced its funds management activities to the now $70 billion investment giant. This is the latest phase of an amalgamation process that started ...

Australia's largest unrated bond issue closes at $85m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Australia's largest unrated bond issue by rail freight operator SCT Logistics has closed its $85 million offer oversubscribed. FIIG Securities acted as sole originator for the dual-tenor issue, which comprised a four-year floating rate note series of ...