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Mirvac sells 50% stake in Sydney CBD office to AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... Group (Mirvac). The AMP Capital fund has paid Mirvac $317 million for the 50% interest in the Sydney city centre office block development. Under the agreement AMP will receive a rent guarantee over remaining un-leased space at a completion for a term ...

Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... evidence-based policy to address them." The study does differentiate between small and large trade sizes, and stresses that block trading on non-National Market Systems in US venues does not detract from market quality. However, it concludes that, with ...

ISN calls for electronic auctions to block HFT leakage

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The main financial advice associations will lobby members of Parliament today to delay the approval of tax amendments to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA), amendments they believe will negatively affect financial advisers. The bill is scheduled to ...

McLean Delmo comes under Bentleys umbrella

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Melbourne accountancy firm McLean Delmo has joined national accounting group Bentleys' network of independent firms. Under the arrangement, McLean Delmo will become 'McLean Delmo Bentleys' for a three-year transition period after which it will assume ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives voted in favour of Opposition amendments designed to ensure at least a third of super fund trustees have to be independent before the government regrouped to rule out the amendment. According to a statement from Opposition ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Legendary investor Warren Buffett praised the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus measures at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision ...

NZ Super sells forestry assets to Chinese state owned company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) has sold a portfolio of 11 forestry blocks in New Zealand's North Island to a Chinese state owned logging group. NZSF general manager of investments, Matt Whineray said selling the forest blocks would enable ...

NAB confirms fresh managerial changes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
National Australia Bank (NAB) has confirmed a fresh round of senior executive changes. While the bank would not confirm which executives were offered new positions or how many were effected, it is understood that the changes affected MLC. The changes ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... exactly what impact today's announcement will have on the electorate. Opposition leader Tony Abbott has said he will fight to block the latest changes. "'It is a raid on people. Every time a government raids people's funds, there are shades of Cyprus ...