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YBR requests trading halt ahead of buyout announcement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road Holdings (YBR) has requested a trading hold to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and is expected to announce an acquisition. YBR requested the trading halt yesterday and said it did so "pending the release of an announcement ...

Adviser appetite for infrastructure investments increasing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
The attractive risk/return profile and high level of income on offer from infrastructure investments mean the asset class is well suited to retail investors, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of Australian infrastructure Geoff Frankish. ...

YBR Smarter Money returns 5.0% over June quarter

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road Holdings' "active cash" fund, YBR Smarter Money (Smarter Money) has returned 5% per annum after all fund fees over the June quarter. Smarter Money is an "active cash" or short-term fixed-interest fund that invests in Australian deposits ...

Platinum steps up focus on adviser market

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed that Platinum Asset Management will be its main sponsor for its 2014 Professionals Congress in Adelaide in November. In an interview with Financial Standard in April, Platinum co-founder and managing ...

Infocus and Patron deal puts new group in top ten

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
The financial advice landscape is likely to be shaken up again by a merger between two medium-sized firms that would put the new group among Australia's top ten providers. Infocus Wealth Management and Patron Financial Services are expected to merge ...

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Impediments to the development of innovative retirement products as an alternative to the account-based pension show no signs of lifting, despite industry consensus that such innovation is necessary. MetLife's recent decision to drop its hybrid annuity-style ...

New compass needed for global economy: BIS

NATHALIE OLOF-ORS, AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Countries must dramatically rethink strategies for avoiding and dealing with financial crises, the Bank for International Settlements says, urging far more focus on fighting debt. The Swiss-based BIS -- dubbed the central bankers' central bank -- has ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Jumpin' Jiminy Cricket Batman! The US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his ...

YBR Smarter Money receives rating upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Yellow Brick Road's floating rate fixed income fund, YBR Smarter Money, has been upgraded to "Highly Recommended" by independent asset-consulting firm, Atchison Consultants. Since its launch over two years ago, Smarter Money has returned 5.9% annually ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
The share market has opened weaker following mixed leads overnight from overseas markets. China's best manufacturing activity data in six months helped spark gains in Australia on Monday and in base metals, but US stocks were flat while European markets ...