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Merrill Lynch Equities Australia handed $96,000 fine

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Merrill Lynch Equities Australia has been forced to pay a $96,000 fine to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said the company received the penalty ...

Volatility fund gets first ratings, platform listings

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... volatility-focused strategy to capture alpha from highly liquid exchange-traded VIX options, which are negatively correlated to equities. Lonsec highlighted the fact that "the fund is relatively simple in design and has intuitive appeal." The Fund is ...

AMP adds listed infra to SMSF Suite

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... dividend yield will help them meet their income goals. It is also a low-risk way to access the growth potential of global equities."

Wealthy investors bullish thanks to advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... decline of 2% in net demand for international investments in addition to a sharp fall in confidence around Australian equities. However, those investors with over $1 million in investable assets do not share the nervousness of the broader investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... cent) to 1,995.78. Locally, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is scheduled to release jobs figures for August and, in equities news, Myer is set to post its FY2014 financial results. The Australian share market has closed lower on Wednesday, weighed ...

Netwealth brings portfolio management tool in-house

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... the possibility to invest into range of asset classes and asset types including direct international shares, domestic equities, managed funds and cash. With SMART on the netwealth platform, client outcomes can be customised with individual portfolio ...

PROFILE: Folkestone MD Greg Paramor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Lester made the bold decision to put their houses on the block and set their own commercial real estate company. Growth Equities Mutual (GEM) was founded in 1981 and, as it turns out, the timing of that first investment was pretty good. "It was a rather ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... Fed thing - announce quantitative easing measures - that markets expected, but it's good enough... for now. European equities rose to a six-and-half year high, most eurozone bond yields dropped - with yields on the German tenners dropping to a record ...

Sixteen Aussie funds make top 300 pension funds list

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... strategy, reflecting the continued though diminishing dominance of DB funds. On average 42.7% of assets were invested in equities, while 40.6% were invested in bonds.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... downside risk in the short term as lower volumes trading through the market can lead to increased volatility," CMC Markets equities dealer Chay Flack said. Retailers were a rare source of gains, after new data showed retail spending rose 0.4 per cent ...