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Future Fund equities head to depart

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Future Fund, Lumsden was an investment director at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. She has also worked in the United Kingdom at Northern Trust Global Advisors, AXA Multimanager Limited and Mercer Investment Consulting. Replacing Lumsden on ...

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 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... next year, while prices were further hit by news that commercial crude stockpiles had risen unexpectedly last week in the United States, traders said. Brent North Sea crude fell under $US65 ($A70) a barrel to reach its lowest level since July 2009. London's ...

AustralianSuper appoints Principal to advise on US real estate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... announcement of Principal Real Estate Investor's appointment follows the establishment of mandates in Australia, Europe, United Kingdom and North America over the past two years aimed at increasing the Fund's direct investment in global property markets. ...

REST announces JV with US property developer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... manager and developer Greystar Real Estate Partners, in a move to increase its exposure to residential developments in the United States. The ten year joint venture means REST will be the majority equity partner in approximately eight new rental apartment ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... versus the dollar-US back in February this year. The other "ifs" were: "if the US lifts its rates by mid-2015 and if the United States' dollar continues to strengthen" and "falling commodity prices, declining mining investment and reduced government ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Labor was successful in its attempts to disallow the government's changes to the FoFA legislation. At the final hour Palmer United Party (PUP) senator Jacqui Lambie joined Labor and the Greens in a new alliance of independents. The Motoring Enthusiast ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Advice (FoFA) laws were demolished in the Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's proposed changes would leave investors vulnerable to a future financial collapse. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... market is trading lower, pulled back by the big miners and major banks. Investors largely ignored gains on markets in the United States and Europe overnight, and instead fretted over lower iron ore prices. "It was concerning for investors in iron ore ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... motion is supported by a Senate majority of 25 Labor Senators, 10 Greens Senators, independent Senator Nick Xenophon, Palmer United Party (PUP) Senator Jacqui Lambie and Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir. Lambie's decision to start ...