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Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
"Problems, problems, problems all day long Will my problems work out right or wrong?... Worries, worries pile up on my head Woe is me, I should have stayed in bed..." -- Everly Brothers A confluence of worries - old and new -- concerned Wall Street ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following Friday falls on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is down 19 points at 5,519. US stocks have dropped as the West slapped new sanctions on Russia and traders saw ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... by consortiums of super funds - have made the headlines in the last 18 months, while the industry is eagerly awaiting the sale of assets such as the New South Wales poles and wires and Victoria's Port of Melbourne. A recent infrastructure conference ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The share market has given back its early gains due to weakness from the miners, retailers and Commonwealth Bank. Shares opened slightly higher after a positive lead from Wall Street, but by noon the main indices were back in negative territory. "Following ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

Bennelong names new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed a new chief executive officer to commence on 20 October. Craig Bingham joins Bennelong from US fund manager Federated Investors, where he was chief executive for the Asia Pacific region. He has over 25 years ...

Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... (FSI). EY argued that decades old industry approaches "have devalued advice by offering it as a loss leader into a product sale." The consulting group noted that this has resulted in "technical capabilities and skills required to deliver high quality ...

HOSTPLUS to buy $600m Woolworths properties

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... primary objective of delivering stable returns to our members." Woolworths chief executive Grant O'Brien, meanwhile, said the sale was consistent with Woolworths' preference for leasing rather than owning properties. Since 2010 Woolworths has divested ...

Institutions' bid to raise adviser education not genuine: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
The attempt by Australia's largest financial institutions to raise the education standards for their financial advisers is not a genuine attempt by licensees to improve integrity and transparency in the industry, the Financial Services Union (FSU) said. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
The share market is lower as investors practice caution ahead of the latest economic data from China. Most sectors of the market were lower, although the big mining companies were higher, despite further falls in the price of iron ore. CMC Markets sales ...