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AMP Capital trims global infrastructure equity team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... redundancies among the fund manager's top ranks. AMP Capital head of infrastructure for Australia and New Zealand Paul Foster will leave the business, along with head of customised accounts and infrastructure Chris Wade and head of listed debt John Mitchell. ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
The government has repealed the Palmer United Party's (PUP) proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation and grandfathering amendments have become law. The registration of the grandfathering provisions will see these regulations ...

Solve super tax inequity, says Murray

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... also recommended aligning the tax treatment of super across both accumulation and drawdown phases, saying this would "help foster innovation in whole-of-life superannuation products, would facilitate a seamless transition to retirement and would reduce ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... organisation said the time has come for the government to ignore the "blatant self-interest" of all involved parties and foster more competition around the low-fee MySuper, by allowing greater choice of funds in the default sector. "Competition, not ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Like a dog with a bone, financial markets have latched onto growth - or more precisely, the lack of it - and wouldn't let go. Wall Street remains in no mood for celebration even as America commemorated the day Christopher Columbus discovered their land ...

Gold stocks undervalued but likely to rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... next years as Chinese demand increases and production costs lower. Van Eck Global portfolio manager of gold strategies Joe Foster predicted that gold prices could surpass the US$1,400 an ounce from the current US$1,200 an ounce. Some gold stocks are ...

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. ...

FEAL and T. Rowe Price launch national resilience program

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... Fund Executives Association (FEAL) and global asset manager T. Rowe Price have launched a "national resilience program" to foster sustainable leadership within the funds management industry. FEAL chief executive Joanna Davison said the initiative, proposed ...

IFM bets $1bn on US shale gas revolution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
IFM Investors has invested US$1 billion in a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) loading facility on Quintana Island near Freeport in Texas. The project will add liquefaction capabilities to the existing port at Quintana Island, allowing natural gas to ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
In May, Prime Minister Tony Abbott made good on his promise to be an 'infrastructure prime minister', dedicating billions of dollars to infrastructure development in the budget. But is this enough to get the bulldozers bulldozing? James Fernyhough takes ...