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Dealer group Infocus buys MLC shares, becomes independent

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... for an institutional parent, Infocus has completed a share buyback, taking the remaining 25% stake from National Australia Bank's wealth division. It will now focus on acquiring more financial planning practices, but Infocus managing director director ...

OneVue shuffles reporting lines ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
OneVue has appointed a new head of operations for platform services and re-jigged its reporting lines, as it looks towards its much-anticipated Easter IPO. Andrew Macciocca who is based in Melbourne, was appointed head of operations for fund services ...

Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will argue to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) that superannuation is now a mature contributor to the Australian economy and should be integrated into the nation's economy's macro management infrastructure. The ISA claim ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... Fortescue gained seven cents to $4.98. The big four banks were also higher, with Westpac up 13 cents at $33.67, Commonwealth Bank gaining 26 cents to $75.11 and National Australia Bank 23 cents higher at $34.43 while ANZ lifted 24 cents to $32.30. Telstra ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... that of doubling the renminbi's trading band against the US dollar to 2.0% yesterday (from 1%) on either side of the Peoples Bank of China's (PBOC) daily reference rate fixing. According to the PBOC, this is in line with the government's move towards ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... European Union vowing to impose sanctions and bolstering fears of a new Cold War. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its March board meeting, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the ...

GESB switches consultants from Mercer to JANA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... She added that Mercer would continue to provide actuarial advice to the fund. JANA, which is part of the National Australia Bank, also confirmed it will now take over from Mercer as asset consultant, but made no further comment.

PC examines Weaven's 'inverted bid' infra model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
The Productivity Commission (PC) has given qualified support to Industry Super Australia's (ISA's) 'inverted bid' model for investing in greenfield infrastructure projects in its draft report on public infrastructure. Informally known as the 'Weaven ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... that will be very interesting to look out for." Among the major banks, Westpac was down 25 cents at $33.92, Commonwealth Bank was down one cent at $75.74, ANZ had dropped four cents to $32.14 and National Australia Bank was three cents higher at $34.58. ...

Rubik appoints head of sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... segments. Fitzgerald has 15 years' experience within the financial services industry and has hold roles in Advance and St. George Bank. Stephen Banks and Rueban Sivarajasingam were appointed business development managers and will look to deepen Rubik's ...