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NZ Super Fund takes big stake in LanzaTech

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) has taken a 17% stake in gas-to-liquid company LanzaTech. The stake, purchased for invested $US60 million ($A64.92 million) values the company at about $US400 million and makes the super fund the second-biggest ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Where would this, 'tis the season to be jolly, without the Grinch stealing Christmas? Just when we thought financial markets would be jingling all the way into the New Year - helped by the unarguably strong US employment report for November - we're ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we revisit the big issues that affected the financial services industry this year. We also cover the CIO & COO Awards, the 2014 Selecting Super Awards and the Smileys. You can read these articles on your iPad ...

Share market rallies on Murray report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... they're going to act on any of these recommendations - it's all going to be determined by the political imperatives." The big four banks were all more than one per cent firmer. Commonwealth Bank was 89 cents stronger at $82.53, Westpac was up 55 cents ...

Labor asks for bipartisan consensus on FSI super issues

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... in the financial planning industry. Greens' Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that "the Murray Inquiry recommendations are a big warning sign to the government on their pursuit of weaker consumer protections in the financial advice sector." He added that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's Dow and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs on good jobs figures. At 0748 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,360. The Dow closed just ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... regulators - meaning the FSI has stated in no uncertain terms that they believe it's time ASIC and APRA stepped up into the big league (which is why last week's bizarre speech by Greg Medcraft should be interpreted as his resignation letter). The graduated ...

Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... level the playing field for smaller banks and lenders, reducing the perception that the government would step in to rescue the big banks if they were in trouble. The big banks have already complained that holding extra capital would be damaging, and ...

NAS loses another super fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... super funds, including QSuper, Sunsuper and Cbus, to take their business away from NAS in favour of global custodians with big international footprints. It also follows NAS's loss this year of Australian Unity and Certitude - collectively worth over ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... example, is providing a counter balance to negative impact from China/commodities. It's really a question of whether it's big enough to really fill the gap." Hayes also had a much more bullish view of where the Aussie dollar is going than most economists ...