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NAB arranges NEXTDC corporate bond issuance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) will become the sole arranger and bookrunner for a $30 million corporate bond issuance by data centre provider NEXTDC Limited, the first of its kind to be arranged by NAB. The five-year senior unsecured notes offer a coupon ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is off to a mixed start for the week. Stocks seesawed in the first hour of trade as investors focused on ongoing weakness in iron ore prices and better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data. "It will most likely be a cautious ...

Super returns dampen but still double digit

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dampened further during April to return 11.1%, down from 12.6% at end March, 12.8% at end February which was up marginally from 12.5% at end January. According to the figure at end December ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... been underweight the fossil fuel sector. But the decision to end fossil fuel investments outright enables Hunter Hall to focus on a future with new opportunities. "After observing the gathering momentum of fossil fuel divestment campaigns and consulting ...

Market Vectors Property ETF receives SQM rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
The Market Vectors Australian Property ETF has received a four-star superior rating from SQM Research. Market Vectors ETFs is the exchange traded fund business of Van Eck Global. "The rating confirms the robust nature of our Market Vectors Australian ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
AMP Capital's new fossil fuel screening criteria will have little direct impact on investments, resulting in just two divestments and the exclusion of only one extra ASX 200-listed Australian company from the 'investible universe'. Yesterday AMP Capital ...

PE outperforms ASX and super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... significant new deal activity within the private equity industry at the moment, and we expect that many funds will maintain a focus on identifying new investment opportunities where growth can be unlocked through the injection of capital and skills. ...

Jeremy Cooper: Rethinking retirement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
Challenger's Jeremy Cooper talks to FS Super associate editor James Fernyhough about retirement income, challenging some widely-held beliefs about the drawdown phase of superannuation. As one-time chair of the Cooper Review, Jeremy Cooper knows Australia's ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
Move on folks, nothing to see here... go git! Trading activity on Wall Street while we slept was a big wide-opened yawn, but I can't help myself asking "what the fudge?" Just one day before, the financial media was abuzzed with rationales upon rationales ...

Murray shuns FoFA commissions' debate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... own remuneration system." Murray did not take questions from journalists and did not reveal to which extent the FSI will focus on financial advice and the much-debated sales culture within large financial organisations. Read all Financial Standard coverage ...