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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

Platinum's Neilson backs Japan in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
'Tis being my final type (drivel, to some gentle readers) for the year, we'll take a look back at the 2013 that was to seek the lessons it imparted and at the same time, divine what lies ahead at the other side of the New Year. Still beaming from the ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

'Funding Australia's growth' top priority for Murray Inquiry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have opened higher following a solid night on global equity markets. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was taking its lead from Wall Street, which received a boost from positive US consumer confidence and employment ...