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Builder launches $40 million bond issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
The latest company in a series of property groups to issue bonds has announced its launch in to the market this week. Home builder Impact Group announced a $40 million issue of five-year fixed rate notes, arranged by FIIG Securities. The issue follows ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... that performance is worthy of the higher fees. Some in the industry, including Morningstar director of global ETF research Ben Johnson, believe the move towards passive investment has changed the complexion of the industry, putting new competitive pressure ...

ASIC bans former Macquarie planner

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
ASIC has given a former Macquarie Equities employee a three-year ban. Ben Rickman was found by the regulator "not to be adequately trained or competent to provide financial services," having done so as a Macquarie Equities representative from 2012 to ...

FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
The Financial Services Council has proposed a new tax package calling for company tax to be cut to 22% from its current 30%. The industry body also wants to see "lower, flatter, indexed" income tax rates. The FSC said its tax reform package is designed ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Where have all the buyers gone? Two weeks into the new year and they're still MIA. Given recent events, they appear to be drowning - drowning in a sea of oil, that is....and there'll be more gushing out of the grounds soon, out of Iran as Friday's speculations ...

Australian Catholic Superannuation nabs Sunsuper CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Australian Catholic Superannuation has appointed a new director to its board. David Hartley joins the $7 billion fund from a 10-year stretch as Sunsuper's chief investment officer. Prior to that, he was director, investment consulting at Russell. He ...

ETFs to see $8bn surge in 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Exchange-traded funds may see over $8 billion in new investments in 2016, according to Van Eck Australia managing director Arian Neiron. Neiron attributed this figure to the rapid growth of new money in ETFs in response to declining share markets. "Market ...

Adviser pleads guilty following ASIC sting

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court to dishonest conduct following an ASIC investigation. Darren Wise was a former representative for a practice known at the time as Financial Planning Services. From 2000 ...

AustralianSuper merges investment options

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper is closing three investment options and replacing them with two as part of a streamlining process aiming to keep costs low and refocus the fund's investment efforts. The industry super fund will close its Australian Fixed Interest, International ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Despite growing worries over China, commodity prices, Fed policy and the slow transition from resources to the non-mining sector of the economy, the Australian labour market remains resilient. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that ...