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China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Sanctions? You call that sanctions? Putin must be LOL-in' after hearing the news that Europe has imposed "sanctions" by freezing the assets of 21 Russian and Crimean officials and imposing travel bans on them. The US imposed the same "sanctions" on ...

PC examines Weaven's 'inverted bid' infra model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The Productivity Commission (PC) has given qualified support to Industry Super Australia's (ISA's) 'inverted bid' model for investing in greenfield infrastructure projects in its draft report on public infrastructure. Informally known as the 'Weaven ...

Zenith approves six new 'unconstrained' bond funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... funds have received ratings in Zenith's new 'Unconstrained' category. Three funds received Zenith's 'recommended' rating: GAM Absolute Return Fund, Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund and JP Morgan Strategic Bond Fund. The remaining three received ...

PROFILE: Centric Wealth CEO Phil Kearns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Ex-Wallaby captain and chief executive ofA Centric Wealth Phil Kearns tells JamesA Fernyhough that there are more similarities between rugby and financial advice than first meet the eye. For a future Wallabies captain, Phil Kearns' rugby career did ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The superannuation and funds management industry has universally resisted the move towards full transparency of portfolio holdings. In submissions to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' discussion paper, 'Better regulation and governance, enhanced ...

SPAA appoints COO with Olympic experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed Jacqui Murdoch as its chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately. Murdoch established a management consultant company in 2006 that has won global contracts with the London ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
So what happened? Why did the previous day's Yellen yay turned into a Yellen yawn last night? Profit-taking?A Perhaps. Then again, why oh why? Why wouldn't the denizens of Wall Street lighten up their risks portfolios just a day after assured you, I ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian sharemarket has staged a moderate recovery to buck a negative lead from the US overnight. After spending three consecutive days in the red, stocks were up two-thirds of a per cent soon after the open. This is despite Wall Street having ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed and lacklustre performance on international markets with Wall Street closed and China turning in disappointing growth data. At 0823 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

UBS and Grocon announce joint venture

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
UBS Global Asset Management (UBS GAM) has joined forces with private development and construction firm Grocon to offer a "full-service real estate investment and asset management platform." UBS Grocon Real Estate will offer institutional investors investment ...