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UniSuper buys big into Westfield despite restructure war

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
UniSuper has become one of the major holders of Westfield's new listed company Scentre, despite its high profile opposition to the restructure last month. The $40 billion fund's chief investment officer John Pearce, who very publicly opposed the restructure ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
It's so stupid, it's become not funny anymore. Talks about easing geo-political risk causing investors to go back into risk assets overnight -- the same way increased geo-political risk sent them away the night before. Geo-political risk down, Wall ...

Group risk sales jump by 88.3% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... sales were up by 25.7%, with MetLife leading the pack and reporting a sales increase of 311.9%, off a relatively low base. TAL grew by 127%, NAB/MLC registered an increase of 33.7% in sales, BT/Westpac 10.1% and AIA Australia 6.6%. Total risk premium ...

Down one day, dip buying the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Just when we thought it was no longer safe to go back into the water...... dip buyers again went buying the dip. We don't have to go very, very far back in history to see this for this was clearly on parade just over the past very few days. Recall how ...

Australian Unity added 14 planning practices in a year

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Australian Unity has recruited 14 planning practices from across most mainland states in the past 12 months. The addition brings the company's total financial services tally to 77 planning practices, 122 advisers and 22 mortgage brokers operating in ...

UK annuities policy dubbed 'political schizophrenia'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
The chief executive of a British pension fund industry body has dubbed the UK government's decision to scrap compulsory annuitisation as 'political schizophrenia'. The comments came on the same day the Financial System Inquiry floated the possibility ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
"Play it again, Chumbawamba"... "I get knocked down but I get up again..." Can't really stop those bargain hunters hunting for bargains on Wall Street, 'ey? Not even with the previous day's headlines talkin' 'bout the Fed saying that those bargains ...

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Hedge funds are under increasing pressure to beef up their middle office operations as result of increased institutional investor scrutiny of manager reporting and disclosure standards, according to global post-trade technology provider Omgeo. Hedge ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report. "Thank you to the National Press Club for the interest you have shown in today's release of the interim report of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a solid kickoff to the US earnings season from Alcoa and Federal Reserve minutes that signalled low interest rates for a while longer. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the ...