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Clock ticks for institutional advice licensees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... ticking for advisers at institutional licensees as another bank-owned advice service announced it was exiting the industry this week. Following news that Bankwest would be closing its salaried advice division in the coming months, and Suncorp exiting ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... investing in energy efficiency companies is a smart carbon strategy that is outperforming in recent years. In Australia this week talking to several investors, Jenkyn-Jones says Impax's smaller cap global specialists strategy targets companies that solve ...

Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... election and industry bodies have been lobbying the government for further action, as reported by Financial Standard this week. The ASIC commissioner said a common line of enquiry from the industry has been in relation to the inclusion of transaction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... been in trend decline since peaking at a 4.9% rate back in June last year. US ISM manufacturing index While most of this week's US data releases provided a "case for an increase in the federal funds rate", the latest Institute of Supply Management (ISM) ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Why Australia's banks passed on only half this week's rate cut Australia's banks are being heavily criticised for not passing on the full effect of this week's rate cut to consumers in lower mortgage rates. But with almost 60% of bank funding coming ...

CSC and Infratil back student accommodation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... hand as an emerging asset class with two large investors closing a deal with the Australian National University (ANU) this week. ANU has awarded both the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) and New Zealand-based infrastructure investor Infratil ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... issuing warnings to banks that have loaned money to oil companies. Libya's National Oil Corporation issued a statement this week welcoming the announcement by the Presidency Council that the Ras Lanuf, Es Sidra and Zuetina oil terminals would reopen ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...

Vanguard makes senior hire from NAB Asset Servicing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... he was director, sales and distribution at RBC Investor and Treasury Services. This is Vanguard's second senior hire this week, following the appointment of Andrew Mathie as senior key account manager. Mathie joined Vanguard from Macquarie, where he ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
Gold's place inside an investment portfolio came under the spotlight this week as two fund managers provided separate views on the divisive asset. Speaking at an ABC Bullion event, 'The new bull market in precious metals', Cor Capital Fund executive ...