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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... lower commodity prices, ongoing concerns about conflict in Iraq and Syria, and talk the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates more quickly than expected over the next few years, CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said. "This is the 11th time ...

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... While the majority of transactions have come from direct investors, Selvarajah said he was receiving a great deal of interest from dealer groups. Given that the appeal of mFund was that it would give fund managers access to the non-advised SMSF market ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... Won't she? But despite the little excitement caused by the slight adjustment upwards of the "dots" in the "dot plot" (of interest rate forecasts), she did. That is, she kept monetary policy steady and the "considerable time" wording intact. And then ...

HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS will launch a lifecycle investment option next year, becoming one of the few industry funds to do so. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said the new investment option will tailor its investment ...

van Eyk up for sale

ALICE URIBE, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Van Eyk administrator Trent Hancock of Moore Stephens Sydney Corporate Recovery Group is seeking expressions of interest for the purchase of the business and its associated assets. In a statement administrator Trent Hancock said: "The core business ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... closes marked a continuation of the investor euphoria that set in on Wednesday after the Fed signalled it would keep interest rates near zero well into 2015. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have risen, boosted by hopes the US central bank will keep its ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
ASX is set to buy a 49% stake in Yieldbroker, the Australian debt and interest rate derivatives market operator, for $65 million. The deal makes ASX a significant investor alongside ANZ, CBA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, NAB, RBC, RBS ...

ASIC reviews FoFA progress

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... provide fee disclosure statements, which have demanded system updates, had been a major challenge. They also said the best interest duty brings with it a high risk of non-compliance, and they have depended upon the 'safe harbour' steps to help them determine ...

SMSF borrowers should be forced to seek advice: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... the risks of the strategy and also model the outcome of the investment strategy including sensitivity to a change in interest rates," the document continued. The AFA acknowledged that this would be a cost imposition to the trustee, but argued that "given ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... points at 5,404. The Dow closed at a fresh record after the US Federal Reserve stuck to a plan to begin raising near-zero interest rates only in 2015. At the close on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 17,156.92, up 24.95 points (0.15 ...