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Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... rate at 0-0.1% and increase the monetary base "at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen". Gauging by the recent performance of the currency and stock markets, it certainly has no reason to countenance an adjustment at this time. The yen has depreciated ...

New law to add clarity to business sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... business they often enter into an earnout arrangement under which payments for the business are linked to the future performance of the business assets," BDO tax Mark Molesworth said. "However, the taxation treatment that has been applied to these arrangements ...

Industry responds to Grattan report

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... bank-owned sector underperformed industry super fund sector over the last decade, it has dragged down the aggregate performance of Australia's super system to below that of the OECD average," he said. Arguing that super outcomes are best-delivered by ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... concerns in Parliament about cases of misconduct by CBA advisers and he tabled the motion for an inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in mid-2013. "We need to know if banks have any evidence of criminal ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... been in steady decline (in year-on-year terms) since March 2012. The future looks not any good either. The AiG Performance of Manufacturing index - a leading indicator of manufacturing output 3 months ahead - remained below 50 (indicating contraction) ...

Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Fund manager Epoch Investment Partners has blamed the relatively poor performance of active managers in recent years on the market distorting impact of quantitative easing and says talented stock pickers will come good again soon. S&P Dow Jones recently ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard. The report, issued semi-annually, tracks the performance of actively managed funds in Australia against their relevant S&P DJI benchmarks. The latest SPIVA Scorecard looks at performance ...

AMP Capital names successor to property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... Diversified Property Fund. Kylie O'Connor will be responsible for delivering the strategy, growth and investment performance of the $4.2 billion fund. She takes over the baton from Louise Joslin, who is retiring from executive roles, in mid-2015. O'Connor ...

FICAP Rockstar winners announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... Rockstar competition were crowned last night, with BlackRock's Adam Hess given the highest honour for his fiery performance of The Killers' Mr Brightside. Hess was also given the Challenger Best Male Artist Award. Perpetual's Theresa Le was awarded the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... 5,894. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association releases its performance of construction index (PCI) for February while the HIA trades report for the December quarter is also due out. No major equities ...