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ASIC seeks to wind up $18m manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
ASIC is seeking court orders to wind up an asset manager with approximately $18.5 million in funds under management. Avestra Asset Management - which ASIC's statement said is a "responsible entity or trustee of a number of managed investment schemes" ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, offered jointly by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices, has released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively ...

TAL, Zurich dominate life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
TAL and Zurich provide the best value life insurance products, according to Canstar's 2015 Star Ratings Report. The report found that both insurers "couldn't be separated for top honours in providing outstanding value overall across the life insurance ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
After finishing school in 1979 and before I started university I worked for three months as a kitchen hand in the New Zealand tourist resort of Milford Sound. On my half days off each week I would sometimes join one of the launch cruises that would ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... stuck in this range since 16 December 2008 - almost seven years - and more than nine years since the Fed last raised interest rates (from 5.0% to 5.25% in June 2006). Would the Fed go? Here's the Fed forward guidance when it last met in July: "The Committee ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... Australian corporate loans. Metrics Credit Partners will manage the mandate, which falls under VicSuper's domestic fixed interest strategy. The super fund aims to get exposure to diversified high quality, floating rate loans across the credit curve. ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... exchange-traded funds (ETFs), two of which target international fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to the Australian dollar, will be ...

China stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... stimulus measure - just turned into reality. Yes folks, Beijing's topping up last month's monetary policy easing - lowered interest rate and RRR - with expansionary fiscal policies. According to Xinhua News Agency - central command's official mouthpiece ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... That is, the PBOC and/or the Politburo are expected to give more stimuli. The Chinese central bank has already slashed interest rates five times from 6% in October 2014 to 4.6% last month. With inflation far below its 2015 inflation target of 4.0% -- ...

Former Madison FG adviser banned

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
ASIC has banned a former Madison Financial Group adviser for five-and-a-half years. Michael Kolody worked as a Madison representative between July 2010 and January 2014. ASIC's statement said that during that time, he provided inappropriate advice ...