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Assistant Treasurer backs PM under fire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has thrown his support behind Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who faces a leadership spill vote on Tuesday. In a doorstop interview with the nation's media, the Federal Member for Kooyong stood up to immense media pressure ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Claims that US politicians are out of touch with ordinary Americans have led a group of conservative Republicans to sponsor a bill to end Congressional pensions and force politicians to save for their own retirement just like everyone else. The legislation ...

First Super appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
Julie George has been appointed to the First Super board as an employer representative director. George replaces First Super founder Lindsay Morling and has 30 years' experience in the forest and timber industries First Super represents. She is also ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
The share market is firmer as a weakening Australian dollar and an uptick in oil prices helped the energy stocks and mining giant BHP Billiton. The local currency dropped to 77.26 US cents overnight, sinking closer to levels last seen in July 2009. ...

VicSuper awards $100M absolute return mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
VicSuper has awarded a $100 million mandate to a global fixed interest manager as part of its alternatives strategy. The mandate was awarded to Payden & Rygel (P&R) absolute return strategy, which aims to generate returns of 2% above the 3 month AFMA ...

ANZ to launch $750m hybrid capital offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
ANZ is looking to raise $750 million through its latest hybrid issue, announced today. The bank will launch an ANZ Capital Notes 3 offer from February 5, 2015, as part of the group's capital management strategy. The offer is open to Australian investors ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
There's no question about it... the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) surprise move was the biggest story in the financial markets last week. So huge that it eclipsed everything else. It eclipsed the plunging oil price and the dropping copper price -- the ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... despite the myriad of 'Happy New Year' wishes wished upon us when 2014 became 2015, the WB's crystal ball says, I'm with Bill (Bill Gross) on this one - yes, him who wrote in his January investment outlook: "The good times are over" and that, by the ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?" - Robert Burns Happy 2015 to all you gentlereaders. We're back in space - cyberspace that is - and, it seems, so are the economic and financial market uncertainties that littered the dying ...

ANZ asks for US-style national adviser exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
ANZ has offered to foot the bill to start-up a national exam for financial advisers that mirrors the United States Series 7 exam run by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The bank estimated that it would cost $600,000 to kick-start ...