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Women outperforming all men boardrooms

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
A recently launched gender diversity index is showing ASX200 companies who have more than 25% of women on their boards are outperforming all male boardrooms by more than 7% per annum. The Diversity Index is produced by investment manager Infinitas and ...

Tech stock tech stock (tick tock tick tock)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,858. In the US, the Nasdaq index smashed its 15-year-old record Thursday ...

Van Eck grows distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Van Eck Global has appointed a former AMP Capital strategy manager to its Australian business development team to help increase its retail presence and support the distribution of its Market Vectors exchange traded funds. Damon Gosen brings more than ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
"Yes, no, maybe I don't know Can you repeat the question?" - 'Boss of Me' The question - again - is will the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates on the first Tuesday of next month? With barely two weeks to go and armed with the latest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

Bennelong partners 4 Corners to offer infrastructure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Bennelong Funds Management recently announced it will partner a global infrastructure investment manager with the mandate to invest in listed infrastructure companies from around the world. The partnership with 4 Corners Infrastructure, Bennelong's ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
The federal ALP opposition has outlined a change to their superannuation tax policy that they estimate could save $1.4 billion per year and help rebalance superannuation. The policy was outlined by shadow Treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen who said it ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
As expected, the Bank of England (BOE) decided to do nothing at its 9 April monetary policy meeting, stating that: "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to ...

Mercer names successor to promoted Walsh

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Mercer has promoted Andrew Godfrey to financial services business leader for the Pacific region following predecessor Ben Walsh's appointment as managing director and market leader. Godfrey, who has more than 25 years' industry experience, was most ...