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US corporate debt mandate signed to Aussie manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... backed security. In Australia you can make about 560bps and in Europe you can make about 600, Carden says. As part of a major growth strategy the investment manager recently won a US corporate debt mandate, signalling its first institutional mandate ...

ANZ inks deal with IT platform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... become mainstream in many organisations," Thompson said. "As a company, our capacity to maintain long-term relationships with major customers remains a key plank in our growth strategy. We intend to become the premier Australian company assisting medium-to-large ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
There's "One Direction (1D)" - the English-Irish pop music boy band -- and there's the Bank of England (BOE). Like the big event of March - the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% - 1.0% at its 15-16 March FOMC meeting ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
ASIC has released a report on how large financial advice firms have addressed serious conduct, compliance and customer remediation issues, revealing serious concerns about how the industry has operated over the past five years. The report is part of ...

No such thing as a must own company: Analyst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... management and both Lonsec and Zenith have upgraded its rating in the past few months. It is available through most of the major platforms.

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... deliver investment returns to customers at any cost to society. This position has been affirmed through consultation with major institutional clients and engagement with retail customers," he said. Tindall added that funds can continue to be managed ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... "Withdrawing superannuation savings to buy a house - especially when house prices appear to be at the high end of the cycle in the major states - will not help first home buyers into the market. It will only further fuel the increase in house prices." ...

Gen Y prefers liquid investments: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Generation Y professionals favour short-term investments with only 12% investing in products such as managed funds and ETFs. This is a key finding of KPMG's Banking on the Future 2017 report which shows Gen Y prefers liquid investments that can easily ...

Good for now worrying for later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... financial stability concerns, which is likely to impact the response of monetary policy." To be sure, the price of Australia's major commodity exports appears to be starting to weaken. Iron ore prices are currently trading around US$160/tonne, down 29% ...

Global PE firm buys Australian office chain

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Australian and New Zealand operations of business product and solutions provider Staples has been acquired by a global private equity firm for an undisclosed sum. The news of Platinum Equity's acquisition occurs at the same time the firm announced ...