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FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... dramatic, the impact on Australians' investment portfolios has been marked because of the duel effect of rising inflation. A surprise jump in the headline inflation rate from 2.2% to 2.7% in December means that investors holding cash in term deposits ...

Matrix to focus on attracting aligned advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... these people a home." Franzen told Financial Standard that Di Cristoforo's decision to leave his role "came as a bit of a surprise" and added that "these things can be opportunities for everybody." He revealed that the board will be meeting in March ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
It's the weather, stupid! This was how Wall Street interpreted last disappointing data on retail spending and weekly jobless claims. 'Twas a convenient excuse (rationale?), particularly last night when a skyful of snow dropped on the East Coast about ...

ANZ profit on the rise in first quarter

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
ANZ revealed a double digit jump in its first quarter profit, on the back of growth in home lending and a surprise fall in bad debts ANZ's cash profit in the three months to December 31 grew by more than 13% to $1.73 billion. It is now on target to ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... Australia would need to negotiate an "inflation transition" over the coming years. Blythe explained that even with the surprise jump in inflation in December, the overall inflation rate has been "pretty well behaved overall", staying comfortably within ...

Future Fund quiet on leadership changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Future Fund managing director Mark Burgess has remained tight-lipped on whether he believes former treasurer Peter Costello will be appointed the fund's chair, following speculation last week that he was the strong favourite for the role. But while ...

FEATURE: The myth of the outlook

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... wrong is inevitable. Every year there are what ING Private Equity Access Limited director Don Stammer calls 'X-factors' - surprise events that appear out of nowhere and shape the events of the year. For the full story, download the January 27 issue of ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... event...send the yield on US Treasuries up, up and away.A Then maybe, just maybe, the Fed would come out with a kinder surprise...like it did in September. "Try to remember the kind of September..." (Brothers Four) Remember it...September 2013? Emerging ...

BT Wrap adds Pengana Asia Special Events Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The BT Wrap platform has added Pengana's Asia Special Events Fund to its investment offering and it is available to advisers and their clients. The fund invests on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, capital management initiatives ...

Fear not the fugly jobs report

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014