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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian stock market has opened higher after stronger than expected US jobs figures lifted investor sentiment on Wall Street. Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the local market was following Wall Street higher on Monday in the wake ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Quantitative easing is having little direct impact on the market, according to Cato Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian stock market has opened lower for the fourth straight session as concerns about political gridlock in the US hit investor sentiment across the globe. A standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress has already caused the partial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street amid greater investor confidence the US economy can withstand an expected reduction of Federal Reserve stimulus measures. At 0811 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price ...

Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Federal Open Market Committee's surprise decision not to begin tapering its stimulus measures has brought a fresh wave of confidence to Australian investors, according to industry experts. Federal Reserve chairman Ban Bernanke said the US would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite international markets mostly gaining on news Larry Summers had withdrawn from the Federal Reserve chairmanship race and lessend fears over Syria. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite international markets mostly gaining on news Larry Summers had withdrawn from the Federal Reserve chairmanship race and lessend fears over Syria. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
Australian shares have rallied to a fresh five-year high following news former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers with withdrawn his candidacy to become the next Federal Reserve chairman. Mr Summers' decision means Professor Janet Yellen, the Fed's ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Despite the recent shake out in emerging markets due to the rebounding USD, the stronger ones are positioned fundamentally differently to how they were in 1997 and should absorb this latest correction. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeatedly ...

Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Boutique global credit fund manager Bentham Asset Management has appointed Kate Harris to the newly created role of client portfolio manager. Harris joins from Goldman Sachs, where she has worked in various roles for the last 12 years, most recently ...