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Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
What a difference a week makes. Looks like it's gonna happen in May with a slight chance of April was what I typed on this space seven days ago. Yes Virginia, 'twas about the when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would next cut the official cash ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Weaker oil and iron ore prices and plans for a bank deposit tax are contributing to heavy falls on the share market. Energy stocks are the the biggest losers after crude oil prices sunk, reversing several days of gains following the Saudi-led air assault ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was unchanged ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The Australian share market had inched slightly higher on light turnover. After almost hitting 6,000 points for the first time in seven years on Monday, stocks have retreated slightly with investors unwilling to push it up to that landmark. Trading ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell amid signs that US inflation is rising. At 0827 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 5,968. In local economic news on Wednesday, the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The Australian market has started the session on a positive note, led by gains in the resources space. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the materials and energy sectors were the best performers. "That's unsurprising given we had a weaker ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Appetite for life insurance is growing in younger, lower-income households and dropping in older, more affluent demographic groups. This is the conclusion of TAL's 2015 Australian Financial Protection Index, based on an online survey of 1,266 Australians ...

Smart beta, fixed income ETFs surge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
The rise of smart beta, currency hedged funds and fixed income funds are the biggest trends occurring in the global exchange traded fund (ETF) market, according to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DAWM) head of South Asia passive investments Sam ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Disappointment over the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision not to cut interest rates at its 3 March Board meeting reversed the Australian equity market's sharp uptrend that started in the middle of January. The All Ords dropped from a high of ...