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Growth of institutional infrastructure demand revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Global institutional investors have plunged $439 billion into direct infrastructure projects in the last four years, according to research from alternatives research house Preqin. Preqin's latest research estimates that institutions have invested directly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Friday night (AEST). "I expect to see pretty flat trade today. There aren't any major drivers in the market," he said. The big four banks were slightly higher, with ANZ up six cents at $34.14, the Commonwealth Bank three cents higher at $78.67, National ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Phew! That was close. No Virginia, we didn't hear this sigh of relief from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi yesterday, but we would have had the Fed's policy announcement and America's first quarter GDP growth update not drowned out the ...

netwealth to launch managed account service by Q3

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
netwealth is developing a comprehensive managed account service with plans to launch it in the third quarter of this year. The service will sit as another investment option within netwealth's approved product list (APL) and it will be available through ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... of weakness in the mining sector. "The story today will come down to the iron ore players and the fact that we saw a really big break down in those prices last night," IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. "If Chinese manufacturing data due out today ...

Advisers need soft skills first to engage new clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Soft skills and the ability to enthuse clients are more important than the value of the advice service during the first stages of the financial planning process. The latest CoreData 'Financial planning shadow shop' report revealed that the most successful ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... its March 2014 portfolio update and advised that so far this financial year it has earned 9.8% and that it is opening up a big gap over CPI+4.5% performance benchmark. Preliminary super fund performance results from Rainmaker's March 2014 SelectingSuper ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Metals was five cents lower at $5.29. Gold miner Newcrest had gained 33 cents, or more than three per cent, to $10.58. The big four banks were relatively flat, with the Commonwealth Bank up two cents at $78.91, ANZ up two cents at $34.69, Westpac steady ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... to the Financial System Inquiry, the first investigation into the sector in 16 years, Financial Standard investigates the big themes, the surprises and what has been missed amongst the more than 250 publicly released submissions. The dominance of the ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Private equity (PE) returns may be stronger than we think and while this is attracting super funds to direct their own PE investment placements, this approach is not for everybody, reveals new research from McKinsey & Company. The global management ...