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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, Orica is slated to post full year results, James Hardie is expected to post second quarter results, while BC Iron, Cash Converters, Duet Group and Flexigroup have annual general ...

AMP Capital property CIO departs, replacement announced

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
AMP Capital director and chief investment officer of Property Andrew Bird will retire in March 2015 after a decade in the role. Bird will be replaced by Adam Tindall, who is currently chief operating officer, property, at AMP Capital. Bird has been ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The financial services industry has been quick off the mark following the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and China yesterday, with many Australian institutions already announcing their own deals with Chinese businesses and ...

Financial services Australia's largest industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Financial services is now Australia's largest industry, accounting for 9% of gross domestic product, a new report has found. The report, which was commissioned by the Financial Services Council and UBS Global Asset Management, also found that "booming ...

IFM Investors wins UK pension fund mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
IFM Investors have won two infrastructure investment mandates worth $364 million from two UK local government pension funds, Avon Pension Fund and Dorset County Pension Fund. The mandates will be invested in IFM Investors' portfolio of core equity ...

Cbus executive denies perjury allegation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Cbus' head of workplace distribution Maria Butera has denied she committed perjury at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, contradicting claims made by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission, Jeremy Stoljar SC. In his submission ...

Copia appoints new manager from Bennelong

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Copia Investment Partners has appointed Adam Tweedale to the role of state manager, southern region as it continues to build its business in Australia. Tweedale was previously director of distribution at Bennelong Funds Management where he was director ...

NAB profits dip on UK write down

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
National Australia Bank has announced annual 2014 net profit of $5.3 billion, a 1.1% decrease from 2013. Cash earnings and cash return on equity also dropped. NAB announced cash earnings of $5.18 billion and cash return on equity of 11.8%, a 9.8% and ...

Super funds must justify not merging: APRA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Superannuation funds that decide not to consolidate must justify their decision to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) over the next year, according to APRA member Helen Rowell. Rowell said super funds need to question their own viability ...

IFM has 'concerns' over infra prices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
IFM Investors' head of European infrastructure debt David Cooper has stopped short of saying there is an infrastructure bubble, but raised 'concerns' about the prices institutional investors are paying for infrastructure. When asked to comment on whether ...