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Sydney in top 10 financial centres

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
A majority of actively managed global equity funds outperformed the MSCI World Index for the year ending 30 September 2015, Zenith Investment Partners research shows. A total of 55% of funds on Zenith's Approved List outperformed the benchmark, which ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Hedge funds are facing higher trading costs and changes to business relationships that are hurting margins in the wake of new regulations on banks and prime brokers, a new global survey of the industry by EY reveals. Regulations such as Basel III and ...

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... soared by 22.4 against the euro, 20.2% versus the US dollar and 19.4% versus the Japanese yen. This despite announcing counter-measures - it took its negative interest rate policy (NIRP) more negative -- "...it is lowering the interest rate on sight ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
ASIC's updated fee and cost disclosure requirements for superannuation funds have sparked controversy among industry stakeholders. The regulator released Regulatory Guide 97 Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements, which includes a ...

ACBC adds further XTBs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... minimum investment amount. XTBs give investors access to an asset class on ASX previously only available in opaque, over-the-counter (OTC) wholesale markets.

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
The Senate inquiry in to economic security of women in retirement has been told the federal government's first priority should be including super guarantee contributions in the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. Both National Australia Bank (NAB) and ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said her fund members would not benefit from seeing a lift on the $30,000 tax cap for concessional superannuation contributions for women returning to work. It is a measure being considered by the federal government ...

AMP Capital invests $277m in natural gas

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
AMP Capital has invested $277 million (US$200 million) in a loan facility that will finance natural gas-fired power plants in the US and Canada. AMP Capital has acted as the sole lead arrangement of a subordinated debt investment in Invenergy Clean ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... lift-off. The upward pressure on the Australian dollar - which has already begun - would continue to mount sans an RBA counter-policy move, i.e, a rate cut. The A$ dropped below US$0.70 in early September on widespread expectations of a Fed lift-off ...