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CFA names new president and chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... more than 30 years of leadership experience in the asset management industry, including over 18 years in Asia. He joined Bank of Bermuda in Hong Kong as Asia head of securities services in 1996. After HSBC's acquisition of the bank in 2004, he served ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after strong gains on overseas share markets. At 0728 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 56 points at 5,419. US and European equities were up more than one per cent overnight ...

Atchison Consultants appoints senior consultant

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Anton Lawrence has joined Atchison Consultants as a senior consultant, with responsibility across portfolio development, product development and market research and analysis. He has over 25 years' experience as a property analyst, fund adviser and fund ...

AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver has warned investors to be wary of deflation but is optimistic that any ill effects will be short-lived. "In the current environment sustained deflation could cause problems. Falling ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. Traders are also optimistic the European Central Bank will vote on Thursday to buy about 50 billion euros ($A72 billion) worth of bonds a month for at least a year as a stimulus ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... Surprises, surprises, and more surprises. We're yet to complete the first month of 2015 and thus far, we've gotten central bank surprises a-plenty... and they're not kinder surprises either. We've seen the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stomp the CHF1.20/euro ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... solid gains, buoyed by a strong production report from global miner BHP Billiton and expectations that the European Central Bank will take steps to boost the euro zone's sputtering economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 85.7 points, or 1.61 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... $7.37 following a fall in oil prices. Among the major banks, ANZ had fallen gained 27 cents to $31.78 while Commonwealth Bank had climbed $1.09 to $84.59, Westpac had added 42 cents to $33.31, and National Australia Bank was 44 cents higher at $34.00. ...

Advisers closely watching mFund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Most financial advisers are keeping a close eye on mFund and waiting for the selection of funds to be broader before starting to use it. "We are still watching it, I think it is not at a point where it has reached its critical mass," Visis Private Wealth ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... ALS and Tox Free Solutions. In contrast there were strong performances by CSL, Transurban, Telstra, Brambles, Commonwealth Bank and ResMed, the company said. "Importantly given our investment horizon, AMCIL's 5 year portfolio return is 8.7% per annum ...