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HFA Holdings chairman steps down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... future prospects of the business as it stands today, and in particular the foundation it has with its operations in the United States and I consider that this is an appropriate time for me to step back," he said.

FoFA regulations paused, but legislation will go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... Coalition will lose four, meaning no single party will hold the balance of power. Those with influence include the Palmer United Party, Family First and the Motoring Enthusiasts Party.

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... for his support to the arts, health and education, and awarded a knighthood for philanthropic services to the arts in the United Kingdom. Also accepting Hockey's invitation to join the panel is London-based head of private equity group JC Flowers in ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following a solid lead from markets in the United States and easing concern over Ukraine. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the Australian bourse had opened in a veritable sea of green. ...

Australia has softer approach to corporate wrongdoing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... broadly consistent with the international average, the country has significantly lower prison terms and fines than the United States. In other countries, there is a broader range of civil and administrative penalties. At the same time, those are higher ...

NZ Super Fund invests in N American energy

PAUL MCBETH, AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... alternative energy investments, such as its stakes in US wind turbine maker Ogin. Mr Whineray said KKR is a signatory to United Nations-backed principles for responsible investment, and that the mandate gives the fund the ability to manage and measure ...

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... institutions and intermediaries at Market Vectors Australia said. "Equal weight investing is well established in Europe and the United States, where it is used to build a diversified core portfolio.A The methodology is well suited to the Australian market ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The share market is trading lower after the United States Federal Reserve flagged an interest rate rise in 2015. A remark from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated the rough timeframe for an interest rate hike, which was sooner than investors ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Basel III standards. Australia's is the eighth regulatory framework to be graded by the Basel Committee. Others include the United States, the European Union, Japan and Brazil. The Basel Committee said: "Australia's implementation of the Basel capital ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... have neither accounts nor property abroad do? Have you not thought about it? I think the decree of the President of the United States was written by some joker." However, imposing deeper sanctions - economic ones - could blow up in their own faces. So ...