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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... announced on Wednesday it had imposed a record 1.7 billion euros ($A2.5 billion) in fines on six institutions for rigging key interest rates that affect transactions around the world. Chief among the banks fined were Germany's Deutsche Bank, France's ...

Industry and retail fund mergers on the cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
As the pressure on superannuation funds to merge increases, large industry funds may start looking to retail funds for merger opportunities, according to DST Global Solutions head of business development Rhys Octigan. Octigan said that technological ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... would the Fed do this if it's going to unwind all of this after its 17-18 December meeting? Buy high and sell low (when interest rates rise). Does not make sense, does it? Also, the Fed may have to wait until all the investment experts on this planet ...

RFM tangled up on wine, chicken and almond saga

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... about the possibility of ProTen replacing RFM as responsible entity and manager of the fund. ProTen has since expressed interest in acquiring 51% of CIF units, a move that would disrupt RFM's intentions to merge and list the three funds. In a statement ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian share market is trading slightly lower ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monthly interest rate decision. Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho said a lower gold price was weighing upon the resources sector and ...

Trust Company non-exec director resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... after the buyout process was completed "was greatly appreciated by his fellow directors and certainly served shareholder interest well." In the last seven years Davis has been a director at The Trust Company, as well as a chairman of the Audit, Risk ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... We have an excellent staff, men and women who work here for good reason - that is because they believe in the public interest." Medcraft backed up his claims with statistics from the last three years, according to which ASIC has completed over 4,000 ...

CFSGAM commits to published stewardship principles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... requirements for the UK and other stewardship codes, the principles guide CFSGAM's approach to managing conflicts of interest, monitoring and engaging with senior management of companies, intelligently executing voting rights, collaborating with other ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... points at 5,257. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and makes its interest rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October's retail trade figures, September quarter balance of ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... expressed concern over the stringency of the original look-through requirements, there has been very little noise from interest groups on the other side calling for total disclosure. The paper also looked at standards for the choice product dashboard ...