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Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
The founder and chief executive of global fund manager CQS Sir Michael Hintze is one of four appointments that have been made to an advisory panel to support the Financial Systems Inquiry (FSI). The International Advisory Panel will provide an expert ...

Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Industry superannuation funds are spending millions of dollars a year on advertising, with some funds' expenditure even exceeding that spent by banks on their own superannuation advertising campaigns, figures released by Nielsen show. However, overall ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's fall on profit taking and caution over the Ukraine crisis. At 0645 AEDT on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,307. Locally, no major economic ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... market's reaction, the PBOC is succeeding. The yuan fell by 0.45% versus the US dollar first chance the market got on 17 March (the first trading day after weekend announcement) - down 1.8% from the previous week's closing of 6.1502 yuan per dollar. ...

Senate Economics Committee to hold inquiry on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The bill amending the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will need to go through a Senate Economics Committee inquiry before it is tabled in the Senate. The Senate Standing Committee for Selection of Bills decided to refer the Corporations ...

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Market Vectors ETFs (Market Vectors), the exchange traded fund (ETF) business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global, has received an 'Investment Grade Index' rating from research house, Lonsec. "The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF ...

Dalton Nicol Reid appoints CEO from JBWere

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Dalton Nicol Reid has appointed former JBWere executive Robert White as its new head of distribution and chief executive after the resignation of company co-founder earlier this year. In January, Harley Dalton, the co-founder of the Queensland-based ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a batch of data reinforced optimism that the US economy is recovery. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,313. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower. At 1010 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 9.1 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 5,346.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 8.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 5,364.5. On the ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
What's she done now? All this commotion... and just at her first ever meeting chairing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The S&P 500 index fell by as much as 1.2% and yields on 10-year US Treasuries spiked by as much as 12 basis points overnight ...