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PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... own. In spite of the pressure, she took a job as a typist within the public works department and unearthed a genuine interest in computers. "Whenever there was an issue with the word processors I took an interest and helped solve it. I ended up being ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... threat the CBRT made to all 'em sellers, shorters and dumpers of its legal tender - the Turkish lira - when it raised interest rates by...a lot! The CBRT jacked up the overnight lending rate by 425 basis points to 12.0% from 7.75%, the benchmark one-week ...

Federation platform adds Pengana Aussie Equities Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... The top five holdings as at December 2013 were DUET Group, ANZ Bank, Telstra, Resmed and National Australia Bank. "The interest in A and take-up of A funds that focus on generating absolute returns rather than returns relative to an index has increased ...

SMSFs retarding growth in Australia: Credit Suisse

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) "are retarding growth in Australia" by controlling much of the equity that could be used for new investment and demanding dividend increases instead. A Credit Suisse report called "The rise of the Selfies" notes that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... concerns for stability in its market and possible contagion in emerging markets," he said. But Turkey's central bank lifted interest rates dramatically overnight, which pushed up the value of the lira and helped lift sentiment surrounding emerging markets. ...

BNP Paribas enters EU with ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... impact was not significant. The EU requires BNP to ensure its participation in relation to the setting of Australian interest rate benchmarks upholds the integrity and reliability of those benchmarks. BNP will make a voluntary contribution of $1 million ...

Government releases FoFA draft legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... amendments include removing the opt-in requirement, streamlining the annual fee disclosure requirements, amending the best interest duty to allow for scaled advice, exempting general advice from conflicted remuneration; and amending grandfathering to ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Australia's unemployment rate is set to pass 6% in the coming year, and could go further if the Abbott government does not address labour market regulation, according to The Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan. Speaking at the annual ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... have to remember that we are a legal creature of Congress and that we only have a mandate to concern ourselves with the interest of the United States."...and St. Louis Fed's James Bullard: "We're not going to make policy based on emerging-market volatility ...

Global economy on a knife edge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014