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Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... away is over but it appears that it's the sellers that went away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town finished the month in the green. Movin' on up. The S&P 500 index ...

ASIC reviews misleading promotion of hybrids

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... misleading", he said. Medcraft said that the increasing complexity of financial products such as hybrids will pose one of the major challenges for ASIC over the coming years. He also singled out the growing complexity and sophistication of financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... Street's new highs. US markets performed strongly overnight but the iron ore price continued to fall putting pressure on the major Australian mining stocks, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "The iron ore prices are certainly having ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... as Suncor. However, the RIL funds were invested in none of these funds. When asked why, in a country where coal is such a major export, only one Australian company was excluded from the investable universe, Woods said that there are a number of major ...

PE outperforms ASX and super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... they claim confirm that private equity and venture capital funds in Australia at end 2013 outperformed the ASX across most major time periods. The analysis is based the Cambridge Associates LLC Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index which ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... dropped $1.08 to $60.32, BHP Billiton had fallen 47 cents to $37.52 and Fortescue Metals was 10.5 cents lower at $4.575. The major banks were relatively flat. Origin Energy had added 26.5 cents to $15.465 and Telstra was four cents higher at $5.38. Toll ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower after Wall Street fell a day before the release of major US economic data. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was 13 points lower at 5,524. In economic news on Thursday ...

Going solo: Australian equity houses at risk of talent exodus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... number of core Australian equity managers given the relatively small size of the Australian market. He identified a number of major headwinds for Australian equity managers including investors' growing preference for direct shares, a reduced appetite ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... investors chased good yields, but the resources sector was soft in the wake of lower prices for iron ore and gold. Among the major banks at 1021 AEST, Westpac was up 16 cents at $34.48, ANZ lifted 16 cents to $33.71, National Australia Bank firmed 12 ...

Treasury consults on unclaimed monies time window

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... the previous Labor government in 2012 shortening the period that triggered the transfer from seven to three years was a major regulatory change that has added considerable compliance costs to deposit taking institutions. These compliance costs included ...