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Cormann to welcome cyclist advisers at FPA conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... hopes to raise $100,000 to donate to disadvantaged young Australians. So far half of the funds have been contributed by corporate partners: the FPA, AMP Financial Planning and Matrix Planning Solutions, according to the FPA's foundation Future2. The ...

Franklin Templeton beefs up fixed income team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... experience has also included Asian issuers from the investment grade and high yield universes. Wee also has experience as a corporate ratings analyst from her time at Standard & Poor's. Joshua Rout has joined the team as junior research analyst and trader. ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... either permitting or compelling directors to "have regard to the interests of stakeholders other than shareholders in corporate decision-making." It also floats the possibility of including a clause in the Corporations Act explicitly stating directors' ...

Spring FG to pursue more acquisitions

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
Spring Financial Group has appointed corporate adviser KTM Capital to explore further acquisitions, shortly after buying Pink Diamond Financial Group and Moneytree Partners Group. "We have appointed KTM Capital to assist us with this growth and in our ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... target high-dividend-yielding companies, or specific sectors, such as healthcare or financials. There are government and corporate bond ETFs, cash ETFs, currency ETFs, property ETFS, emerging market ETFs, not to mention a multitude of commodity exchange-traded ...

Better corporate cash management lifts returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... financial performance and in turn costing investors and super fund members foregone investment returns. A survey of corporate treasuries conducted by the institutional bank BNP Paribas has found that almost one third understand where only about half ...

Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... the use of active management is likely to increase as more members join the MySuper product. BT's head of retail and corporate superannuation Vicki Doyle said BT Super for Life was also committed to active investment. "There are all sorts of views on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... the seventh consecutive session, adding more than one per cent after the European Central Bank indicated it could buy corporate bonds. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 60.9 points, or 1.14 per cent, at 5,385.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Europe and good home sales figures. Upbeat US home sales data and speculation that the European Central Bank may buy corporate bonds to tackle slowing inflation rates in the region boosted US markets overnight, CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... buying covered bonds and could even do more. Reuters reported that, "The European Central Bank is considering buying corporate bonds on the secondary market and may decide on the matter as soon as December with a view to begin purchases early next year". ...