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AMP offers Adviser Academy course via Griffith

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... is now offering its Adviser Academy course through Griffith University. Changes in the redesign of the course include: raising entry standards to a degree equivalent, provisioning for graduates to practice in the AMP Horizons Practice (followed by an ...

European managers in property buying spree

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... There's none. And heck, if inflation is busting to rear its ugly head sometime soon, Janet and Co can always catch up by raising interest rates one... after the other. A great deal easier than the risks a premature lift-off could engender - even greater ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... echoed by OECD chief economist Catherine Mann six days later - I repeat, six days later - when she told Reuters that, ""Raising interest rates now would remove uncertainty in the markets". Goes to show that Janet doesn't give a hoo-ha about what we think. ...

First State Super funds Aussie start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
First State Super has led a $200 million capital raising aimed at nurturing the development of Australian internet start-ups. First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner confirmed the fund has made a $110 million investment towards ...

ANZ completes $720m capital raising

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
ANZ has announced it has completed its $720 million share purchase plan offer. The bank's statement to the ASX said it will "accept all eligible applications and issue approximately $720 million of ANZ shares at $26.50 per share." The offer was originally ...

PractiFI expands with $1.3m seed funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
Financial advice practice administration platform PractiFI has closed its seed funding round after raising capital to expand overseas. PractiFI raised $1.3 million in angel investor funding from Australia, Malaysia, the UK and US. "We are hugely excited ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... an all-time low we believe that the economic conditions, both in Australia and globally will inevitably lead to the RBA raising interest rates in the medium term," VicSuper chief investment officer Oscar Fabian said. "However uncertainty surrounds the ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... a positive social impact," he said. SVA is actively seeking similar partnerships with other investors, with the aim of raising $100 million in funds under management over the next 12 months.

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Shanghai General Motors," Clifford says. How about investing in the rest of Asia? The trend of growing population and raising incomes is also true for other Asian countries. Aberdeen Asset Management senior investment specialist Stuart James says that ...