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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... releases November labour force data while the Housing Industry Association's housing scorecard for December is also due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower, thanks to a slump in consumer sentiment ...

Steve Tucker and Paul Heath launch HNW business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... that may or may not suit them. This enables us to genuinely put our clients' interests first at all times." Heath said: "A major benefit for our clients is that Koda Capital is not aligned with or owned by a financial institution, as opposed to the vast ...

Hastings partners with Japanese bank

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... Trust is Hastings' first Japanese client. We are very pleased to have established an investment relationship with such a major and well-respected partner in the Japanese market. We have every reason to fully anticipate that the relationship between both ...

Lonsec gains 2,800 users through iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... tools," Lonsec Fiscal joint chief executive Amanda Gillespie said. In 2015 Lonsec plans to release of iRate version 5, a major update which is nearly complete, according to Lonsec. iRate 5 will provide enhanced usability and portfolio construction functionality ...

Vertical integration not important anymore: Murray

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
Vertical integration may prove to be a non-issue if both financial product manufacturers and distributors work with the consumers' best interest in mind, Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray said. "The same obligations are on everybody ...

Government Cyber Security Strategy already out of date

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... Interim Report, cyber-attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication," the report said. "The financial industry is a major target of cyber-crime and is under increasing threat as the number of high-value targets in the sector grows. "A financial ...

NZ Super Fund takes big stake in LanzaTech

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... targeted for operation in 2016. Holmgren said the company would also be announcing a number of partnerships next year with major chemical companies for a portfolio of chemicals made using the technology. She said it was hopeful that in a couple of year ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey and the National Australia Bank's business survey for November are due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher, lifted by banking stocks after investors responded ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
David Murray's recommendation that super fund boards comprise a majority of directors has met with mixed responses from the industry, with the retail side welcoming it but the not-for-profit side broadly rejecting it. Media reports, meanwhile, have ...

SPECIAL REPORT: Financial System Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... Joe Hockey and FSI chair David Murray at 10.30am on Sunday morning. Released in July, the interim report was one of the major talking points this year. In that document, Murray put vertically integrated advice models and education standards squarely ...