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Bissaker sets sights on Big Four market share

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
New head of Virgin Money Australia (VMA) Brian Bissaker said the tie-up with Bank of Queensland (BOQ) would lay the ground for an assault on the Big Four bank's market share. Bissaker told Financial Standard there would be significant additional investment ...

Canadian pension funds flock to Aussie infra

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
"Safe-haven" Australian infrastructure and property assets are seeing a wave of interest from Canadian pension fund investors, according to The Trust Company. Fresh from a visit to some of Canada's leading pension funds, Andrew Cannane, general manager ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
More than half of active Aussie share investors want to increase their exposure to international stocks but are held back by a lack of knowledge and available research, according to a new survey conducted by Skaffold. The equity research company, which ...

APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced that Wayne Byres will become the chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Byres became the first Australian to be appointed secretary general to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with the big retail banks among the better performers on a day of broad-based gains. The local market pushed back through the 5,000 point barrier after taking its cues from a positive finish on Wall Street. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street. At 0825 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 4,988, with 4,271 contracts traded. In economics news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

No end in sight for renminbi rally

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
The unbridled appreciation of Chinese currency will not be halted by uncertainties about the economy's short-term economic outlook, according to new research by AllianceBernstein. The investment manager says the strength of structural factors, rather ...

Asian bonds insulated from Cyprus turmoil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
Asian bond yields experienced much lower volatility in the wake of the uncertainty which surrounded the Cypriot debt talks, according to HSBC Global Asset Management. HSBC chief investment officer for fixed income in Asia Pacific Cecilia Chan says that ...

Super funds eye World Bank Green Bonds: Nikko AM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Nikko AM says it has received a very positive response to its green bond strategy from the Australian superannuation funds it has met with this week. While the fund manager would not be drawn on which institutions had expressed interest, Nikko AM chief ...

Investors overlook US recovery

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Investors are underestimating the strength of the US recovery, according to MFS Investment Management's Robert Manning, who believes the success of the world's largest economy will drive stock market returns globally. Manning, who is chairman and chief ...