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NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
"I don't see raising the target range for the fed-funds rate above its current low level in 2015 or 2016 as being consistent with the pursuit of the kind of labor market outcomes that we are charged with delivering."

QIC consortium buys $1.78bn gas facility

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
A QIC led consortium has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Iona Gas Storage Facility west of Melbourne in Victoria from EnergyAustralia, a member of the China Light & Power Group.

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tailored investment solutions are more important to advisers using managed accounts than excessively wide ranges of investment choices, according to Rainmaker research.

GFC drove advisers to managed accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
The GFC was a defining chapter in the growth of managed accounts, according to panelists at the 2015 Financial Standard Best Practice Managed Accounts Forum.

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Both the RBA and the BOJ have sanguine and positive views on their domestic economies.

Legg Mason fund added to AMP model portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Fund has been included in AMP's income model portfolio.

Managed accounts forum sold out, 2015 adviser survey results revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
More than 180 financial advisers and managed account professionals will be in Sydney tomorrow to attend a national forum on managed accounts where the key findings of the 2015 Financial Standard adviser survey on managed accounts will be revealed.

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
China has added another feather in its hat this August with the yuan nudging the yen out to become the world's fourth most used payments currency.

NAB enlists Topdocs for CMA service

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
NAB has partnered with legal document and review provider Topdocs to streamline its NAB Cash Manager investment accounts.

Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Lazard Asset Management has launched a new long/short European equity fund.