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Crowdfunding investment platform launched

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Crowdfunding has taken another step into the mainstream with the launch of a specialist platform solely focused on crowdfunding investment finance. The platform, VentureCrowd, was developed by early stage venture capital firm Artesian Venture Partners ...

Market Vectors to launch equal weight ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Market Vectors has announced it will launch a "first of its kind" exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX. The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF (ASX code: MVW) will provide equally-weighted exposure to the most liquid equities listed on the ...

Aged care likely to cost more after July 1

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Aged care is likely to get more expensive from July 1, 2014, with the introduction of legislation that will calculate fees through assets and income, rather than income alone. "Each case is different and you need to look at the individual circumstances ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
"There's a reason for the sunshinin' sky There's a reason why I'm feeling so high Must be the season when that love light shines all around us..." - Bellamy Brothers Quite fitting don't you think? Equity markets everywhere felt the 'love' on the week ...

Rubik partners with Stargate on integration interface

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Rubik Financial Limited has launched an interface integrating its wealth planning software COIN with Stargate Technologies'A loan management tool, SymmetryCRM. Rubik said this would allow financial planners using COIN and brokers using Symmetry to push ...

Australian operations boost GBST

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Strong Australian sales helped listed technology and data provider GBST's net profit after tax for the half-year to 31 December 2013 rise 87% on the same period the year before. According to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) ...

Macquarie says market conditions improving

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Investment bank Macquarie Group still expects a stronger full year performance as general market conditions continue to show signs of improvement. Macquarie says its annuity-style businesses - Macquarie Funds; banking and financial services; and corporate ...

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has found little evidence that 'emulation funds', designed to cut trading costs in multi-manager portfolios, outperform the funds they track before fees and taxes. Emulation funds are designed ...

EQT charitable trust distribute over $14.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Equity Trustees' (EQT) 206 charitable trusts distributed more than $14.5 million in 2013, following the directions and wishes of the trusts' founders. The charitable trusts managed by Equity Trustees total more than $490 million in value and are comprised ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Boyoboyoboy, by the looks of it...we're really in trouble now, real trouble. Nah, not talkin' bout the Fed taking another US$10 billion away, neither that dreadful indication that China is continuing to slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone ...