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Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
It didn't happen overnight, but it happened... yesterday. That thing I mused about exactly five months ago -12 March 2015 - China devalued its currency. (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/48312386) "It is perhaps still too early for QE ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Scratch September. Make that December. That's the Fed lift-off Virginia. And just so you and I don't miss that point, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) even quoted Douglas Borthwick -- head of foreign exchange Chapdelaine & Co - saying that, "I'm ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Declining bond yields, an uncertain equities landscape and an appetite for diversification are driving institutions towards alternative assets. Alex Burke investigates whether this is the right idea. When Perpetual acting general manager for regulated ...

Advisers to remain at centre of CBA: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev has insisted that despite the challenges the bank has faced in its financial advice business and in spite of widespread digitisation, face-to-face planners will remain at the heart of the company's business ...

Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Asian hedge fund manager LIM Advisors called for shareholder action to force AMP Capital to take steps to narrow the 26% discount on its China Growth Fund. LIM Advisors said it will call an extraordinary general meeting to take the matter to unitholders ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on US and European markets after Greece made massive loan repayments to creditors and reopened its banks. At 0814 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 ...

Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Australia's big four banks have commented on APRA's announcement that it would increase capital adequacy requirements for residential mortgage exposures. APRA's change means that the risk weight on residential mortgage exposures for Australian deposit-taking ...

Nikko AM brings global equity fund to Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Nikko Asset Management has brought its Global Share Fund to Australia following an increase in appetite for international equities. The fund aims to deliver total returns before fees, expenses and taxes of 3% above the MSCI All Countries World ex Australia ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has reminded a business forum that the Tax White Paper is about how the government collects tax, not how much. Hockey told the PwC Tax Reform Forum in Melbourne yesterday that more than 800 submissions on the Tax White Paper ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Chexit, Checcident, Chimbo OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! A$ down... and the RBA didn't even have to lift a finger. Yes Virginia, it didn't happen overnight but it did happen. The A$ broke below US$0.74 (US$0.7398) last night - the first since mid-2009 - despite ...