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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with investors still nervous after the volatility of the past few weeks. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 28 points at 5,349. ...

Former JBWere acting CEO joins Impact Investing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Former acting chief executive of JBWere Daniel Madhavan has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive of Impact Investing Australia. Madhavan will head up the newly-formed not-for-profit organisation that aims to grow impact investment opportunities ...

Active management offers little value: Towers Watson

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Institutional investors are getting little value from active management and must focus on total returns to remain competitive, according to Towers Watson global head of investment Chris Ford. Speaking at the 2014 Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne ...

UBS launches borrow-to-buy share vehicle

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
UBS has launched a new product suite enabling investors to conveniently borrow money to build a portfolio of Australian shares through a limited recourse loan with no margin calls. UBS Investment Builders allow investors to purchase shares, exchange ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
"Having money isn't everything, not having it is." - Kanye West Nah Virginia, at my (middle) age, I'm not one who enjoys hip hop, techno, punk, goth or beats... let alone rap. But yankee-doodle-dandy rapper Kanye's words aptly describe the fall and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Australian shares looks set to open higher after international markets shot up on strong Chinese economic growth data and rumours Europe's central bank will step up its monetary stimulus. At 0805 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher on strong US leads and iron ore price gains. US stocks extended the rally that began late last week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.12 per cent higher on Monday. Wall Street's gains and ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
All is clear again on the Wall Street front. Central bank assurances have silenced the Johnny Littles wailing that the sky is falling. We could only imagine now what would have happened to equity markets and in turn to sentiment and then the economies ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street recovered early losses to trade in positive territory. At 0810 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 5,320. Locally, in economic news on ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Shares are more than 1% firmer as Australian investors shrug off concerns about slowing global growth. The big banks and miners were leading the broader local market higher as investors took their cues from a rebound on US and European markets, Australian ...