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Hunter Hall appoints non-executive director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... professional career in accounting and finance includes work with a major international accounting firm and an Australian investment bank. Peter Hall said: "I am very pleased that David Groves is joining our board. David has wide commercial and public ...

FTSE Russell creates new China index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... by the weaker rupee making imported raw materials costlier. This build-up in inflationary pressures may lead the Reserve Bank of India to hold off from cutting rates, especially as solid growth was seen."

Accountants should beware AFSL traps

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... cited one example where a principal accountant and client was "horrified" when he realised his chosen licensee was actually bank-owned, which contravened his firm's independence requirement. "Some licensee agreements have very strict client ownership ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
The Australian housing market is heading towards a price plateau, not a sharp crash according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC). This view helps to dampen new research from Finder which found that 89.3% of Australian housing debt was at an ...

Pengana absolute return fund shifts to daily pricing

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... in the last seven and a half years, compared to 2% per annum returns from the Asia Pacific equity markets and the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate of 3% per annum," Kumra added. Pengana manages around $1.7 billion in assets across six established ...

NAB appoints MD for innovation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
NAB has appointed the managing director of its $50 million innovation fund, NAB Ventures. Todd Forest was previously chief executive of Clipp, a mobile payments app which allows users to pay a restaurant bill or bar tab with their phone (instead of ...

HSBC joins mFund service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
HSBC's online share trading platform has joined the Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFund settlement service. The ASX said today's announcement brings the number of mFund distribution partners to 18, and there are now 22 mFund issuers or responsible ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... Quantitative and Qualitative easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's words, "I ...

Treasurer opens doors to ASX competition

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has announced the Government's reform package to allow competition in Australia's clearing and settlement services. Arguing that "open and competitive markets" are "fundamental to a vibrant 21st century economy," Morrison referred ...