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Vantage launches SMSF-ready private equity fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Private equity funds specialist, Vantage Asset Management, has launched a new $100 million private equity fund of funds aimed at improving self-managed super fund investors' access to the asset class. The Vantage Private Equity Growth 2 (VPEG2) fund ...

New Zealand dollar closes in on Aussie

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
The New Zealand dollar has almost reached parity with the Australian dollar amid rate cut expectations. The Kiwi is predicted to past the A-dollar for the first time since 1974, when government controls over rates were dropped. New Zealand's economy ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut have given the share market a post-Easter boost, with virtually all sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday ...

Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
First quarter numbers on Wall Street are out, but they're not something to write home about. Eat our dust. The Dow ended 0.3% down and the S&P 500 index up by 0.4% in the first three months of 2015 - a significant underperformance compared with the ...

Hyperion closes funds to new investors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Hyperion Asset Management is soft-closing its retail funds and has already completely closed its institutional business to new inflows. The soft closure for retail investors will take effect as at 30 April 2015. The fund manager will no longer accept ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
The sharemarket has opened higher on expectations of an interest rate cut after the price of Australia's largest export, iron ore, fell to fresh lows. The iron ore price dropped below $US50 a tonne overnight, extending a run of losses that began a week ...

La Trobe appointment part of expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
La Trobe Financial has made the first of multiple key appointments with Ben Flood becoming part of the NSW distribution team. Flood has more than 20 years' experience in financial services, particularly with credit and commercial lending expertise ...

Mercer announces internal promotions

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... Portalatin and he will relocate to New York in the coming months. As managing director and market leader for the Pacific, Ben Walsh will join the EuroPac Region Leadership Team and report to Simon O'Regan. Walsh will continue to base himself out of Mercer's ...

Super breaks $2trn on way to $9trn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Superannuation has now passed through $2 trillion and is well on its way to exceeding $9 trillion over the next 20 years, according to new research released by Rainmaker. While official figures are yet to confirm the $2 trillion marker has been crossed ...

Changes to super tax needed: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes changes need to be made to ensure tax concessions for super fund members and retirees are both fair and sustainable for all Australians. AIST will submit to the federal government's Tax Discussion ...