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Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... further and normal organic growth means Fed normalisation of monetary policy which means Janet's "considerable time" before raising interest rates might not be so considerable anymore. Sure, sure there's the disappointing consumer confidence report out ...

Folkestone to increase holding in REIT

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Folkestone Limited has announced a $42 million equity raising to increase its holding in the Folkestone Education Trust, Australia's largest real estate investment trust. "Folkestone is well positioned for its next stage of growth and this $42 million ...

FoFA opt-in to cause advisers biggest headache

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Financial planners are frustrated with the sudden and unexpected change to the laws governing financial advice, with some raising particular concerns about the requirement to regularly ask clients to resign their contracts, known as the opt-in requirement. ...

Minute slip on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... it has to go through with it (less its credibility gets shot) but... this bad news would keep the US central bank from raising interest rates sooner rather than later - and this is good news. Still, this is not the case, that is, if like your balding ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... client rather than their institution. But in July, the government used its regulatory powers to modify aspects of the laws, raising the ire of consumer advocates, seniors and industry superannuation funds. They argued the changes reduced protection from ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... and commodity derivative products denominated in RMB; and promoting ASX in China and other Asian markets as a venue for raising equity capital in Australian dollars and, in future, RMB. The signing of the agreement was attended by the Australian Prime ...

Advisers confirm SMSF appetite for LICs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... from research houses Lonsec and Zenith. The offer to buy shares will remain open until 28 November 2014 with a minimum raising target of $150 million.

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Less than half of retail workplace default account balances have been transferred across into MySuper products, raising concerns the slow retail MySuper transition is costing retail super fund members hundreds of millions of dollars in extra fees. Rainmaker ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... eight countries have invested in AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF II), which completed its final close, raising US$1.1 billion during its fundraising period. Investors came from countries including the US, the UK, Germany, Switzerland ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... Michelle Baltazar (@michellefinstd ), Head of Media & Publisher of Financial Standard, said that this year's submissions were raising the bar. "This year our venerable collective of the lead practitioners in social media is made up of individuals who ...