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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon, following better than expected local economic data and mixed overseas leads. Business investment rose 0.2% in the September quarter, beating economists' expectations of a 1.9% fall, while new ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The biggest developed economy in the world growing at a revised annualised rate of 3.9% (from an initial guess of 3.5%) in the third quarter and Wall Street gives it a big gaping yawn? What gives? The tale of the Wall Street tape showed the S&P 500 ...

The second FS Power50 list unveiled

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Social media is the epicentre of new ideas and innovation in financial services industry and this years' edition of the FS Power50 features the top 50 individuals in Australia leading this conversation. The second edition of the FS Power50 is a completely ...

Liam Shorte named FS Smileys Scholar of the Year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Verante Financial Planning director Liam Shorte has won this year's Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence (SMILEYS) Scholarship. The FS Smileys Scholarship, proudly supported by Financial Standard's scholarship partner ...

Chi-X Australia makes senior appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Chi-X Australia has appointed Peter Warton as head of market operations. Warton joins from equity trading and market making firm Tibra, where he was global head of IT operations. He has 25 years' industry experience in roles related to software development ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Managing duration is the key to reducing risk as the 30-year bond market bull-run comes to a close, according to a number of fixed income experts. Interest rates in many countries reached historical lows in recent years as central banks aggressively ...

AMP to enter Chinese pension market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
AMP has announced it will acquire a 19.99% stake in China's largest pension company, China Life Pension Company Limited, for $240 million. This will make AMP the first foreign company to take a stake in a Chinese pension company. Part of the deal will ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The 2014 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich and IRESS were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Sydney on Tuesday 13th November. ...

AMP doubles wealth management cashflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
AMP's wealth management business has more than doubled its cashflow for the third quarter of 2014 compared to last year's corresponding quarter. AMP saw cashflows of $476 million for Q3 2014, compared to $206 million in Q3 2013. This brings total assets ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The details are still sketchy as I type but the shootings at Canada's Parliament in Ottawa may just have been the reason dip-buyers were waiting for to cash in the gains they bought during the previous week's bigger than usual dips. Not because of oil ...