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MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Global index provider MSCI has hired ETF Consulting managing director Tim Bradbury to launch the company's ETF business in Australia. As vice president of ETF client coverage, Bradbury will be responsible for driving visibility, awareness and usage ...

ASIC stops Bitcoin miner discussing IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... specialised hardware which companies like Bitcoin Group maintain on investors' behalf. Prior to registration as an Australian company with ASIC, Bitcoin Group published statements on social app WeChat seeking interest in buying Bitcoin Group shares should ...

ASX half-year profit up 4.7%

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... ASX chief executive and managing director Elmer Funke Kupper, significant revenue boosts came from fee reductions in the company's electricity futures, interest rate futures, and OTC clearing businesses. "The fee changes create a more sustainable derivatives ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
The share market is lower after a volatile morning of trade, caused by mixed company earnings, a rise in unemployment, and a falling Australian dollar and oil price. The All Ordinaries index was down 0.2 per cent at noon on Thursday after opening higher. ...

Suncorp chief executive to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Suncorp Group chief executive Patrick Snowball has confirmed reports he will leave the company by the end of 2015. The news was delivered as Snowball announced group profits were up net 15% to $631 million. Profit was mostly driven by Suncorp's general ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... is slated to release full year results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished weaker because of disappointing company results and continued commodity price weakness. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 31.5 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 5,769.1. ...

AMP Capital joins retirement education portal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... their clients. Launched in late 2013, actuarial consulting firm Milliman has assisted in the portal's development. The company's Australian financial risk management practice leader, Wade Matterson commented: "It is important we have an open dialogue ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... trading since the gaming group announced a 64 per cent increase in its first half profit and a special 30 cent dividend. The company's shares had been in a trading halt since Tuesday while it carried out a $142 million capital raising from institutional ...

Allow couples to hold joint super accounts: Rice Warner

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... feedback from the superannuation industry," Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said in the submission. The research company argued that joint super accounts would help member engagement and would reduce the number of accounts by several million. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... after mining billionaire Gina Rinehart sold her entire 14.99 per cent stake in the newspaper publisher and digital media company. "It's everything to do with Gina Rinehart," Mr Conway said, adding that her comments that Fairfax had "no workable plan" ...