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Bank super incentives 'unlawful': ISA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Banks who offer their business clients discounts or incentives to switch their employee default super scheme could be breaking the law. That's according to Industry Super Australia (ISA), the body representing 15 industry super funds, which has sought ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Call it what you will -- 'patient panic' or 'patient party' - the fact is all and sundry dropped what they were doing to hear (or not hear), read (or not read) the word 'patient' from the Fed. It's there no more... with "not impatient" taking over its ...

FIIG inks $60m corporate bond deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
FIIG Securities has acted as the lead arranger for an unsecured corporate bond offering to raise up to $60 million for health and beauty supplier McPherson's Limited. This is the second corporate bond transaction that FIIG Securities has assisted with ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street where energy stocks fell along with the price of oil. At 0755 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 5,945. In local economic news ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
It didn't happen on the night, but it happened last night. That perplexing perverse performance the financial markets gave to the deletion of the word 'patient' in the FOMC statement has gotten less perverse while we slept - the VIX index rose, so did ...

UK pension changes to benefit Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The lifetime allowance (LTA) cut announced in this year's United Kingdom 2015 Budget could result in more British retirees moving their pensions out of the UK. The Budget contemplates that the amount individuals can save tax-free into pensions will ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Former Platinum deputy chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell has launched a new high conviction global equity boutique called Antipodes Global Investment Partners, three months after resigning from star manager Kerr Neilson's firm. Mitchell and his ...

AMP launches goals-based investment site

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
AMP Capital has launched a website to assist financial advisers in their conversations with clients about how to achieve their goals through different investment strategies. The site helps advisers identify the client's goals, risks and priorities. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street surged more than one per cent following the Federal Reserve's statement on interest rates. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. ...

'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
"Word has finished searching the selection. The search item was not found. Do you want to search the remainder of the document?" Yes please, sir. Nah, it still couldn't find "patient" - or "patience" - in the Fed's monetary policy statement (that I ...