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Banks should hold more capital: Murray

AAP  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... cards to avoid paying exorbitant surcharges when paying for airline tickets and other items. Mr Murray, a former Commonwealth Bank boss and Future Fund chairman, was last year charged with undertaking the biggest health check of Australia's financial ...

Epoch funds get upgrade from Zenith

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Zenith Investment Partners has upgraded the Grant Samuel Epoch Global Equity Shareholder Yield Funds, hedged and unhedged, from "Recommended" to "Highly Recommended." In its product assessment Zenith said the funds are well-managed, providing international ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Savage's immortal 1959 classic "Maybe This Year" provides an apt background song heading into last night's European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council meeting - most particularly, her plea. "If you love me, make it this year Make it now..." But alas ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... At 0848 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,370. The European Central Bank held its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per cent, as expected at its monthly policy meeting. But while its chief Mario ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
National Australia Bank plans to raise at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities with the launch of a so-called 'green bond.' The NAB Climate Bond is also the first bank-issued bond to be certified in compliance with international Climate ...

Medcraft furious over "absolutely appalling" advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft said that despite the regulators' efforts, he still had no confidence in the financial advice industry. Speaking at the National Press Club yesterday, Medcraft said the regulator's ...

Don't underestimate LNG boom: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
Despite falling commodity prices and a stalling domestic economy, investors should not underestimate the potential of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fill the hole left by iron ore, coal, and other commodities, according to BNP Paribas head of fixed ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... and decided to launch a fund that meets this growing demand while at the same time delivering solid, stable returns." While bank-issued hybrids have been used by some investors as their fixed income solution, Bovingdon warned that these instruments include ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Fed's Beige Book, a collection of anecdotal information on current economic conditions, said that "a number" of the central bank's 12 districts reported contacts "remained optimistic about the outlook for future economic activity." For the first time ...

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... Services, A Jeff Bresnahan - Chairman at SuperRatings and David Coogan - Partner at PwC. Supporting the event were Commonwealth Bank (primary sponsor) and sponsors Challenger, SS&C, Ernst & Young, JPMorgan, KPMG, PwC and Standard Life Investments.