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FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... - it's fourth in six years. Given this latest development, Japan could have a new king by next month if sitting PM Shinzo Abe makes good on speculations that he's about to call for snap elections. But what good would a change of face do if that fresh ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... giant. Japanese shares extended their run upwards thanks to the weaker yen, with attention turning to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as speculation swirls that he may put off a planned sales tax hike and call a snap general election. Tokyo jumped per cent ...

Nikko AM adds senior executives to global team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... expand our business with some of the most sophisticated investors in the world," said Nikko AM executive vice chairman Hideo Abe said.

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
"Clearly the most surprising feature of the Survey was the sharp jump in business conditions in October (the largest monthly increase in the history of the survey)." This was the first sentence in the 'Key Points' of the NAB Monthly Business Survey ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... Xi Jinping and US president Barrack Obama at the APEC summit or his handshake connect with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? Ahh yes, Virginia, you know where I'm going with this don't you? It's the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect. We've been waiting ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Australian share market is headed for its biggest fall of the year as investors worry about weak global economic growth. The fall of almost two per cent on the Dow Jones overnight was the heaviest for 2014. If the ASX200 sustains its early falls ...

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
More than three quarters of Australia's online retail investors could have difficulty accessing the ASX's mFund service because their existing broker does not offer access. According to figures from Investment Trends, collectively CommSec, E*Trade ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... currently trading around 0.56% -- that's down from 0.74% at the start of 2014 and down from 0.78% on 26 December 2012 when Shinzo Abe assumed prime ministership of Japan. It's not that easy anymore, since the BOJ has dirtied the bond market waters with ...

mFund attracts 4 new fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFun has added four new fund managers to its current offering, which brings the number of mFunds available to 55. The new funds are Platinum Asset Management's new Platinum Global fund, which aims to provide ...