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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

Boutique launches two robo advice models

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Boutique investment manager Quilla is attempting to differentiate itself through a recent launch of two robo advice products that tests current portfolio strategies among other objectives. The first product offers institutional investors a platform ...

Sacked Macquarie advisers still in the industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Some of the 11 Macquarie Private Wealth (MPW) advisers who were made redundant because they gave improper advice are currently employed in other financial planning firms, Macquarie chief executive Nicholas Moore said. Speaking at a Senate Economics ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is posting gains on the back of positive offshore leads, China's new stimulus package and rises in some commodities prices. However it gave up some of the morning's gains, going from 0.9 per cent to 0.6 per cent higher after ...

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Just three weeks out from the Abbott government's second budget, the Prime Minister and Assistant Treasurer have said there will be no changes to tax policy regarding negative gearing or superannuation. On speculation that the government might act to ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares listed a hedge fund to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund will invest its assets into cash and sell equity index futures contracts (ASX ...

Qualitas grows team with senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Real estate investment specialist Qualitas has appointed a head of compliance and legal, a risk analyst and an investment analyst, bringing the size of the team to 35 people. Head of compliance and legal Ruth McClelland joined Qualitas from K2 Asset ...

Industry needs to act after Trowbridge report failure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Trowbridge report likely won't become the "blueprint" for the life industry, said former Financial Planning Association of Australia chair Matthew Rowe. In a newspaper column, Rowe explained that this was because of disagreements between key members ...

Signs that churning is on the wane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Research by DEXX&R shows individual lump sum discontinuances in life, TPD and trauma insurance fell in the 12 months to December 2014. Further, rates of discontinuances have been falling since 2012 - having risen steadily for the previous two years ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Impressive! Nah Virginia, I refer not to the big bouncy bouncy Wall Street and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked ...