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Gold delivers for ETF investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... to be launched in the Australian market in the second half of the year," Vynokur added. The BetaShares Australian ETF Half Year Review reported that ETFs expanded to $22.5 billion in assets at the end of June. Funds under management grew 5% in the first ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Australia ANZ job ads Continued improvement in the Australian labour market in the coming months. This is the indication from the ANZ's latest job advertisement tally. Total job ads increased by 2.4% - the fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the ...

Former CalPERS CEO jailed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
A former chief executive of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for accepting bribes during his term at the helm of one of the world's largest pension funds. The Sacramento ...

Rabobank has new local chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
Rabobank has appointed a new chief executive and managing director for its Australian and New Zealand business. Peter Knoblanche joins as chief executive of Rabobank Australia and managing director of the Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group. He succeeds ...

ASIC permanently bans ex-HSBC, ANZ planners

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
ASIC has permanently banned two financial advisers, one from HSBC and the other from ANZ. Tak Simson Kwok was employed by HSBC Bank Australia (HSBC) from 29 September 2009 to 16 December 2013 and was responsible for providing financial advice to HSBC ...

NAB posts $1.7bn net loss from Clydesdale IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
NAB has announced its half year FY2016 results, revealing a net loss of $1.7 billion, down 150.6% on the prior corresponding period. NAB's statement attributes this to "discontinued operations losses," referring to the loss on demerge and IPO of CYBG ...

Panel to review financial services complaints system

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
The federal government has announced its independent panel to review the financial services' external dispute resolution and complaints framework. The review will focus on the role, powers, governance, accountability and effectiveness of bodies active ...

Budget leak proposes super tax crackdown

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
An alleged federal budget leak has caught the ire of a superannuation representative group that says any hike in super taxes needs to consider each end of the income spectrum. The leak, first aired on Sky News, says the federal government will run an ...

Former CFP GM joins industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Former Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) general manager Harry Mitchell has signed on as an industry superannuation fund chief executive, joining Mine Wealth + Wellbeing from May. Mitchell led CFP for three-and-a-half years and entered the position ...

Pengana absolute return fund shifts to daily pricing

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Australian funds management group, Pengana has announced that its Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund (PARAPF) has moved to daily pricing. The move brings the fund's pricing, and processing of applications and redemptions in line with the rest ...