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New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... (relatively) big fall, don't we Virginia? The financial press line up the usual suspects (and some freshly picked ones): interest rate concerns; geo-politics - Iraq, Syria, Russia, HK/China; tepid global growth; Ebola.... and then the dip buyers, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... virus, also prompted unease. LONDON - European stocks fell after disappointing data released on the eve of a key eurozone interest rate call, with investors also nervous over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slumped ...

RBA should take action on negative gearing: AUI

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... suggested that the RBA should be looking at it before considering additional capital or lending controls, or raising interest rates. "Statistics show that negative gearing is heavily used by investors, and that is likely having a significant impact on ...

Van Eyk finds buyer for NZ business

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... on the acquisition. The news came after Moore Stephens confirmed last week that there has been a significant level of interest from potential buyers of the business. The future of the business will be decided at a creditors' meeting, which must be convened ...

Lifeplan appoints national BDM

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... Planning. Lifeplan Funds Management head of specialised product sales Derek Emery said there has been a re-emergence of interest from financial planning groups and advisers in the use of investment bonds. "For many advisers, this has been a forgotten ...

AIST attacks big-bank default grandfathering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
Bank-owned retail funds should be forced to roll all their default superannuation members out of high-fee products into low-fee MySuper products, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). AIST head of executive manager ...

QIC expands US operations with new appointment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... next three to five years." "Institutional investors are thinking beyond traditional listed assets and expressing growing interest in global infrastructure. Vittorio will be pivotal to deepening our US and European relationships and driving our business ...

Misleading PDS costs NAB $10,200

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... was concerned that the PDS for the NAB Annuity Term Deposit to retail investors misled consumers by stating that the interest rate was calculated on the entire principal amount invested. In reality, the rate only applied to the balance of the principal ...

First State Super cuts investment fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
First State Super has radically reduced the investment fees across its domestic and global equities and fixed interest investment options, in some cases by more than 80%. The previous investment fee, for example, of the fund's Australian Equities option ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... portfolios away from traditional fixed income assets, in order to counter the risk to performance presented by a rising interest rate environment over the medium term," BlackRock Australia's head of fixed interest Stephen Miller said. "In the current ...