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A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
He's either really brave or truly spaced out after smoking some heavy stuff. One thing's for sure though, Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Australia Adam Boyton has made the headlines with his fearless forecast that the Australian dollar would be ...

GSAM Australia MD retires

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Philip Gardner, the managing director of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) in Australia, will retire from his role at the end of the week. A spokesperson for GSAM did not say whether Gardner would be taking another role, adding that the departure ...

Acorn appoints former Citi portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Acorn Capital has appointed Ben Dalling as a sector portfolio manager/analyst to the Australian microcaps team. Dalling, who will be responsible for the financials, REITs and industrials - capital goods sectors, joins the company from Citi where he ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... looks like equity is still the place to be." There have been mixed earnings reports on Friday morning. Australia's largest gold miner Newcrest has lost one cent to $11.25 after announcing it had suffered an 88 per cent profit drop due to a slide in gold ...

Myer named top Australian family office

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
The Myer Family Office has been named the best family office service in Australia in the annual Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey. Myer took home the award for the second year running ahead of Goldman Sachs. The Myer Family Company ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... climbed 43 cents to $36.98, Rio Tinto added 86 cents to $67.50 while iron ore miner Fortescue was four cents higher at $5.68. Gold and copper miner OZ Minerals has announced a loss of $295 million for the 12 months to December 2013, which is a sharp ...

More Australians opt for advice through super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... analyst Recep Peker said the numbers show an important shift towards advice through super. "Financial planners used to be the gold standard," he said. "Everyone used to say, 'I'll go to a financial planner to look at how things will look for me once ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... cents higher at $29.81 and National Australia Bank had lifted 40 cents to $33.18. Telstra was one cent higher at $5.06. The gold miners were also higher, with Newcrest Mining up 42 cents, or four per cent, higher at $10.79.

ETF market has first fall in 20 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. Net outflows for January were small with the majority coming from unhedged gold, with investors taking the opportunity to exit as the price of gold increased approximately 7% for the month. "Products providing ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... role in the transition to a non-mining led economy - may pick up as a result of the resources slowdown. "Remember in the gold rushes... the people who suffered most were the wool producers; and to some extent in Australia the construction sector suffered ...