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Macquarie posts solid half-year result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... subdued. Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities was impacted by further impairments in the Metals and Energy Capital business (MEC), reflecting continued weak investor sentiment and confidence in resource equity markets," Moore said. Operating expenses ...

Australia's second SBB hits $10m target

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Australia's second social benefit bond (SBB), issued by the Benevolent Society in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac, has closed after raising its target $10 million. The Benevolent Society SBB, which will help fund the ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Despite the recent shake out in emerging markets due to the rebounding USD, the stronger ones are positioned fundamentally differently to how they were in 1997 and should absorb this latest correction. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeatedly ...

IPA joins Kaplan in support of ASIC adviser training stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013

Victims push for new Trio fraud inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
The Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) are pushing for another inquiry on the Trio Capital fraud after the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) failed to address the victims' main issues of concern. VOFF spokesperson Paul Matters told Financial Standard ...

Mercer calls for a MyPension product

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013

Best Interest drives advisers away from products

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Best Interest Duty provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation is designed to make planners give comprehensive advice in a process where recommending a product is "the last piece of the puzzle." At the end of the advice process ...

Chi-X saved investors $215 million in first year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The increased competition provided by Chi-X, Australia's largest alternative exchange venue, saved investors $215 million in trading costs in the 12 months since launch, a study conducted by Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has estimated. ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
Taper on, taper off, taper on, taper off, taper... After so many days of riding this see and saw and saw and see of market speculation, you, I and Irene (and yes, you too Stuart) have become experts at discerning the why's and wherefores for the ups ...

Bureaucratic processes hinder infrastructure investment: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has told the federal government that Industry SuperFunds are ready to invest up to $15 billion in infrastructure, if certain impediments are lifted. "Australia has an infrastructure deficit of up to $770 billion, and ...