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A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
Whoopsie, I just got caught sleeping behind the wheels (er, keyboard). I just found out that there's now a term for the current "patient"-induced volatility in the financial markets. Reuters called (past tense) it "patient panic" in its published article ...

VicSuper launches next-gen admin platform with Bravura

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
VicSuper has released the Sonata wealth management platform in partnership with Bravura Solutions. Implemented over the course of 18 months, the new core administration platform is designed to streamline processing, reconciliation and reporting functionalities ...

ASIC suspends Dunfo Capital AFSL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
ASIC has suspended wholesale financial services provider Dunfo Capital's Australia Financial Services Licence until 31 August 2015. Formerly known as GSM Financial Group, Dunfo Capital failed to lodge financial statements and auditor reports for the ...

Meat industry super hands mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has selected AllianceBernstein's Managed Volatility Equities Fund to reduce member portfolio volatility. MEIST chose the AB fund because it invests primarily in Australian equities and aims to reduce ...

Fiducian adds four advice practices to network

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
Fiducian Group has incorporated four financial planning businesses to its franchise network, with an aggregate of $81 million in funds under advice. Fiducian did not reveal the names or locations of the practices, but in a statement to the Australian ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
It's back! That old familiar "good is bad and bad is good" trade on The Street. Stronger-than-expected US payrolls growth equals June interest rate lift off - Wall Street not happy camper. Weaker-than-expected and third consecutive monthly decline in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Weak commodity prices and big losses on Wall Street have dragged the Australian share market lower. Fears of a US rate rise in June have hurt the US and Australian equity markets and a stronger US dollar is weakening commodity prices, CMC Markets chief ...

MLC multi-manager funds get highest rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
MLC has been awarded the highest rating - '5 Apples' - by research house ChantWest for its range of multi-manager funds. ChantWest identified the flagship 'Horizon 4 - Balanced' fund, which returned 6.8% per annum in the 10 years to June 2014 (after ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
"Baby, baby, baby oooh Like baby, baby, baby nooo..." - Justin Bieber "Baby, baby, baby oooh." Another month, another strong and better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report. US businesses added another 295K heads to their payroll (versus expectations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve chief indicated the US central bank was in no hurry to raise its interest rate. At 0833 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract ...