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Bentley slams Keybridge response to restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Bentley Capital has criticised Keybridge Capital's explanatory notes about the former's proposal to remove Keybridge's chair and appoint Bentley nominees to the board. On July 7, ahead of Keybridge's July 29 extraordinary general meeting, Keybrige chair ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... report. The US dollar index rose to 96.4 from 93.7 just before the Brexit vote. Similarly, the yield on two-year US Treasury notes - the most sensitive to Fed policy expectations - have gone back up to 0.69% after falling to as low as 0.55% several days ...

So what if Australia loses its 'AAA'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... its "Global Credit Portal, Ratings Direct, General Criteria: Understanding Standard & Poor's Rating Definition" page, S&P notes in its "AA stress scenario" that, "An issuer or obligation rate 'AA' should be able to withstand severe level of stress and ...

Westpac hires senior compliance manager from CommSec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... growth, particularly in SMW, with margins stable over the period." Westpac also recently successfully completed its Capital Notes 4, raising roughly $1.7 billion through issuing 17 million notes at $100 each. The largest buyers were BNP, HSBC, J.P. Morgan ...

Investment bonds back in favour: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... investors' minds. While the uncertainty around changes to superannuation has reinvigorated the investment bond, Herrald notes that regardless of the legislative outcome, investment bonds can offer investors an alternative tax structure to super with ...

ASIC takes Macquarie to court over van Eyk fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... decision to invest in Artefact, the ongoing monitoring of van Eyk in relation to Artefact, and VBI's liquidity. "MIML further notes ASIC's acknowledgement of the efforts made by MIML to have investors' funds repaid. This matter arose within MIML's non-core ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... Drags from US industrial production and the yield spread have been unchanged." Westpac senior economist, Matthew Hassan, notes that "Between December and May the six month annualised growth rate of the Index has lifted from 1.15% below trend to 0.42% ...

Well over $3m in super savings needed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... to work out the amount of superannuation people would need to support themselves independently throughout retirement. He notes that an account balance of $3.2 million is not enough to ensure retirees are able to make their super savings last for the ...

AIST takes aim at levies consultation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... large at an estimated $35.5 million for 2016-2017. Information about the raising of SuperStream levies is insufficient. AIST notes that Attachment A to the Proposed Levies Paper provides sparse information, and also does not include a significant block ...

Investors face 'radical uncertainty': PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... and bring inflation to target and that as a result investors should be compensated for the looming risks they face. PIMCO notes that despite central banks around the world extending the global expansion, factors such as unsustainable debt levels and ...