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LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Local Government Super is reported to be the first super fund in Australia disclosing its voting intentions in advance of investee company shareholder meetings. The super fund's recent move was made in conjunction with the launch of a shareholder voting ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Getting hot, hot, hot. Betting on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would take down the official cash rate from a record low 2.25% to a lower 2.0% following its May Board meeting tomorrow heats up. Bloomberg's latest survey says... 24 out ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
The share market is back in positive territory as iron ore production news boosts the big miners and revived expectations of an interest rate cut help the banks. The miners are the strongest performers after Brazilian giant Vale suggested it might take ...

OneVue announces management, strategy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
OneVue has announced changes in its management team, custodial arrangements and digital strategy in its March quarter update. Current chief financial officer Brett Marsh will be replaced by Ashley Fenton, previously CFO at executive recruitment company ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Magellan Asset Management has increased the cash weighting in its Global Equity Strategy from 10% to 15% in a bid to hedge the portfolio from an impending rise in US interest rates. Douglass argued that there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the ...

Young investors happier with advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Younger investors' perception of financial advisers is generally positive and improving, according to a recent survey commissioned by Lifeplan. The April survey of 409 investors showed under-30s now sit second to over-60s in terms of adviser satisfaction ...

Wealthsure to cancel AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Wealthsure Group will request for its Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence to be cancelled, following the acquisition by Sentry Group. Wealthsure (WPL) has already transferred some of its authorised representatives to Wealthsure Financial Services ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
I think someone forgot to tell the equity markets that it's not yet that month of the year when they're supposed to sell and go away. Look around and you won't like what you see because major equity markets around the world have been selling a few days ...

Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
Some of the trustees of APRA regulated super funds lack understanding of their fund's investment strategy and underlying investments, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell. Speaking at a recent banking and ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
That was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The outcome of the anxiously-awaited US Federal Reserve's two-day FOMC meeting, that is. And it took them all of two-days to come up with well... basically what you, I and Irene already knew and expected....while ...