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Rebalancing almost leads to accidental takeover bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
A quarterly rebalancing of indices was blamed for BlackRock accidentally purchasing more than 20% of Monadelphous Group recently. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on March 25, BlackRock said a change in interests held by the company ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
"If you build it, they will come." Reports have it that China's fresh steps to strengthen its weakening housing market - by lowering down-payments, reducing taxes and easing restrictions on the use of retirement savings for home purchases - and expectations ...

Perennial fund rated by Lonsec, Zenith

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Perennial Wealth Defender Equities Limited has received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec and Zenith. The initial public offer for the fund's listing in the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) opened on March 27 with a minimum raising target of ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... spreading since the start of this week and in different corners of the world at that. From the mouths of Feds: Monday, 23 March : San Francisco Fed president John Williams (in Sydney and Melbourne via video conference), "Things are looking better-in ...

Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Consumer-based adviser "review" service Adviser Ratings has updated its website to accommodate ASIC's first adviser register (FAR), launching at the end of March. The website, which currently has a database of 18,000 advisers, now provides users with ...

Out with the old in with the newer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Uh-oh, what's the matter this time? The US Department of Commerce released bad US economic news overnight and Wall Street's down? What happened to the "bad news is good" mantra? Certainly the Fed's got its eyes on the latest update on what is considered ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... before it spent its first QE euro. Markit's Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index increased to a flash reading of 54.1 in March - a 46-month high - from 53.3 in February; The Services PMI also rose to a 46-month high with a reading of 54.3 from 53.7 in ...

EQT appoints funds management GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Equity Trustees (EQT) has appointed a general manager for its funds management business, which includes SG Hiscock, LaSalle and Dundas. Eliza Weaving will be reporting to EQT executive general manager of corporate trustee services Harvey Kalman. Weaving ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Disappointment over the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision not to cut interest rates at its 3 March Board meeting reversed the Australian equity market's sharp uptrend that started in the middle of January. The All Ords dropped from a high of ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus voiced his support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating ...