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Standard Life Investment property specialist joins Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... Australian fund manager Perennial Investment Partners. He was also a director and head of regional property research for ABN Amro Bank, and a research/property analyst at NatWest Securities and UBS Warburg. "Anton is a highly skilled investor in the ...

AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... Australian and Hong Kong-based fund manager he co-founded. Prior to Kima, he was head of Australasian equities for Rand Merchant Bank, overseeing the Asian proprietary trading, fund of funds, ETFs and structured products divisions. He has also held senior ...

Labor questions Murray, calls for another inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... called for a further parliamentary inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Commonwealth Bank and branded the government's plans to examine financial advice scandals as part of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) a "cop ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... fall like this was on 20 May... then it stopped and went up. Why? Because - whether or not he was sent by Aunt Janet - Fed Bank of New York President and FOMC voting member William Dudley told us that day that "the pace of eventual rate increases "will ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... The Australian stock market is slightly lower despite a boost in business sentiment. The closely-watched National Australia Bank monthly business survey shows sentiment improved in June despite fears the federal budget will see consumers reluctant to ...

Macquarie rebukes advice, compliance concerns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Macquarie has issued its first public statement since a Senate Economics Committee report flagged "systemic failings of compliance" within its advice business two weeks ago. The group said that it has been working with the Australian Securities and ...

All that jazz, all nonsense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... the Fed interest rate hike expectations brought forward following last week's strong jobs data raison d'etre. "The central bank will increase its benchmark rate in the third quarter of 2015, rather than the first three months of 2016, Goldman Sachs Chief ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,474. In local economic news on Tuesday, the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for June is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed ...

Federal Court judgements contradictory on adviser liability

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Within less than one month, the Full Court of the Federal Court has judged the cases of Seling vs. WealthSure and ABN Amro Bank vs. the Bathurst Regional Council. Halsey Legal Services lawyer Mark Halsey noted that, as a consequence, "uncertainty and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... $41.98 and Fortescue Metals lost 1.5 cents to $4.66. Among the banks, ANZ added 12 cents to $33.90 and National Australia Bank gained four cents to $33.77, while Westpac was one cent higher at $34.41 and Commonwealth Bank was down four cents at $81.91. ...