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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after US stocks performed strongly, lifting more than half a per cent, as construction spending data boosted confidence in the economy. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
And an oil, oil here, oil, oil there, everywhere an oil, oil. It had been on a slippery slope since prices peaked in the dying days of June this year, but 'twas only last week when the headlines splattered oil all over our faces and onto market consciousness. ...

Challenger Care Annuity sales suspended

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... reversal of the DSS assessment." It added: "In terms of the potential financial impact on Challenger, it's difficult to predict the effect of the DSS decision on Life's net book growth, hence the company is not in a position to confirm FY15 net book ...

Equip-AustSuper partnership draws interest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Equip's partnership with AustralianSuper as a defined benefit (DB) provider is gaining traction, with one significant prospect already in the pipeline. As well as seeing Equip take over AustralianSuper's DB scheme, the partnership will also see the ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
You wouldn't miss it even if you tried. Markit Economics did a dump - a dump of fresh PMI data, that is - but after a brief knee-jerk reaction from the financial markets, everything went back to where they were. As they should. This is because the November ...

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
How many Prime Ministers does it take to fix the Japanese economy? Sixteen... and is still counting. That's the number of times Japan has changed its leader since 1990 when the economy did a Humpty Dumpty. Twenty four years on and all 16 kings - and ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Promises, promises. The G20 gabfest has come... and gone, but were it not for the much-awaited "will he, won't he" - that is, will Tony "shirtfront" Vlad, won't he? - 'twas, for all intents, and purposes as sleepy as Brisbane is. Oh yeah, Australia ...

AXA IM to open ESG strategy to investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
AXA Investment Managers will offer its impact investing fund of funds strategy to external investors. The fund is part of a suite of ESG integrated multi-asset strategies run by the fund manager. It already has a total of EUR200 million ($287 million) ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
It's them, not us! This is the not so subtle message Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney delivered at his opening remarks following the release of the BOE's Quarterly Inflation Report last night. But of course, being the astute central banker ...

SSgA warns of equity market complacency

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The head of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) top performing Australian equity team has warned investors against complacency as the fund manager's flagship Active Australian Equities Fund celebrates its fifth anniversary. SSgA Asia-Pacific head of ...