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SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Mercedes-Benz. According to Martin, they made serious inquiries into buying Ford's manufacturing plant in Geelong which is set to close next year. Had it gone ahead, the deal might've saved the jobs of hundreds of workers, all thanks to the SIV scheme. ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... against the aussie and its eventual - for sure - break above parity. It was looking ever so likely three months ago, it came close with NZ$1 buying A$0.9942 on 21 April. It came ever so close but... no cigars. It was all downhill from there. At the end ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Wall Street. Tokyo shed 0.67 per cent, or 139.42 points, to end at 20,544.53, Sydney fell 0.43 per cent, or 24.2 points, to close at 5,566.1 and Seoul was 0.93 per cent lower, giving up 19.11 points to 2,045.96. Hong Kong fell 1.06 per cent, or 270.34 ...

IOOF merges two licences

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
IOOF has merged licences My Adviser and Plan B into Consultum and Shadforth. An IOOF spokesperson said, "The reasoning behind the transition of the advisers in both cases is that it makes sense to consolidate smaller licences, such as MyAdviser and ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
"Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am, Stuck in the middle with you... And I'm wondering what it is I should do" -- Stealers Wheel This was my immediate thought upon reading Bloomberg's piece that, "For two months the Standard & ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... 25,398.85. Seoul ended marginally higher, adding 0.34 points to 2,065.07 but Sydney lost 0.43 per cent, or 24.3 points, to close at 5,590.3. WELLINGTON - The S&P/NZX50 Index fell 26.45 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 5901.3.

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... in income, GDP growth at 2.5% and income growth at practically zero or slightly negative, as well as wages growth being close to zero and the household savings ratio beginning to fall. The panel was relatively optimistic on the recent events in China ...

J.P. Morgan appoints custody country head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
J.P. Morgan has appointed a new head of custody and fund services for Australia and New Zealand. Nadia Schiavon was previously head of J.P. Morgan's treasury services division; she will now report to head of Asia Pacific custody and fund services Colin ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Funny that. Funny that on the same day that RBA Governor Glenn Stevens addressed the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney and told his audience that, "One of the features of much regular discussion of macroeconomic policy, and monetary policy in particular ...

Perpetual, TAL advisers join independent firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
A non-aligned Sydney advice firm has hired two financial advisers who were previously at Perpetual Private and TAL. Manly Financial Services (MFS) is aiming to maintain the current client growth of 30%, following the purchase of Augeo Wealth Management ...