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It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... the weak US dollar and low US interest rates that kept the carry trade alive, sending funds flowing into emerging market stocks, bonds and property - and China is an emerging market, and China's currency is pegged to the US dollar - and these made a ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Australia's love story with its own stocks might have run its course, with new figures showing that inflows into international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ...

Fee pressure turns super funds to smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... strategy that allows investors to have exposure to one single factor, and to isolate other factors at the same time. "We rank stocks based on a particular factor such as value, momentum, size and volatility, and then we run a model to make sure it avoids ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... 5,697.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 17.6 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 5,681.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have finished lower following a mixed batch of earnings reports and another big decline by technology giant Apple. The Dow ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... objectively, and connect the dots that others are not." As an example, she said that fixed income investment and consumer staple stocks could be risky investments. "People have been developing an obsession for stability. Anything that feels comfortable ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street where weakness in petroleum-linked equities weighed on stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September share ...

AustralianSuper builds in-house global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... already hired four people to its internal global equities team and is on track to manage over $10 billion in international stocks in-house. Australia's largest industry super fund has appointed Richard Ginty to lead the global equities team. Ginty was ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... 0.71 per cent, at 5,624.2 and the broader All Ordinaries index up 38.6 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 5,609.6. NEW YORK - US stocks rose after the Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near-zero per cent and gave no fresh clues on the timing ...

Platinum launches Asia LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... resources, but not if you are investing in quality companies." The sharp drop "can also offset an opportunity because of stocks not being priced correctly." The Platinum fund invests mainly in stable companies with a long track record in Asian markets ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street snapped a five-day losing streak and European stocks were boosted by bargain-hunting after recent China-inspired losses. At 0802 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...