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Future Fund and AustralianSuper settle court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The legal battle between two of Australia's funds management giants has ended with a multi-million dollar settlement. The Future Fund will pay AustralianSuper $7 million which will contribute to the legal costs of the country's largest industry fund ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... 5,556.70. Seoul ended 0.26 per cent higher, adding 5.29 points to 2,056.61, after the central bank cut its key interest rate in a bid to boost the economy, which has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly MERS virus. Shanghai reversed morning losses to ...

IOOF ripe for takeover, fund manager says

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... invests in companies that are likely to be taken over to capture the rally that stocks usually experience in the lead up to a bid. Ryan told Financial Standard that the strategy holds between 13 and 18 stocks and that it has been invested in IOOF "for ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... of the weekend, this is causing this decline." Market action focused on Intel and Altera after a media report said Intel's bid for its chip-making rival is still alive. In April it was believed Altera rejected an offer reported as just above $50 a share. ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... jumped 7.3 per cent following Charter's announcement to create a cable giant. The move comes after Comcast in April withdrew a bid for Time Warner Cable in the wake of opposition from antitrust regulators. Charter gained 2.5 per cent. Comcast shares ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... it could be acquired. Reuters reported Friday that French telecom giant Altice was in talks with banks to raise debt for a bid. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed mixed as investors' attention focused to an EU summit on relations with the ...

Lazard lowers minimum investments on four funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The minimum investment in four Lazard Asset Management funds has dropped by $80,000 in a bid to attract self-managed super fund investors. Lazard's Australian Equity Fund; Select Australian Equity Fund; Australian Diversified Income Fund; and Global ...

New initiative to improve women's economic health

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced a partnership with not-for-profit 10thousandgirl in a bid to improve the financial literacy and economic health of women in regional areas. The partnership will see the FPA play an integral ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... does. But while they wait - Carney on Yellen and Yellen on the data and financial markets - the Australian dollar would remain bid. This becomes Gov Glenn's problem... and ours, Australians all.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... cent during the March quarter while comparable sales were up just 0.7 per cent. The retail giant is also axing 400 jobs in a bid to save $500 million in costs. Internet provider iiNet recommended that shareholders accept a takeover bid from TPG Telecom ...