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Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... exchange rate requires further monetary stimulus. That's an important dimension for our price stability." And for that bit extra hammering in, Bank of France's head Christian Noyer added that, "The stronger the euro is, the more accommodative policy ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Minute to win it!... or rather the minutes of the Fed's 18-19 March FOMC meeting win it for Wall Street. The S&P 500 and the Dow jumped by 1.1% and yesterday's hated Nasdaq is now loved again, up 1.7%. But this was - more or less - how we saw it when ...

IPA joins calls for LISC reintroduction

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... will now pay more tax inside superannuation than outside. "There is little incentive for low income earners to put away extra money into their superannuation," IPA chief executive Andrew Conway said. "This affects approximately 3.6 million Australians ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
A change of noun is all it took. Yes Virginia, by just changing the noun that followed the word "considerable", Fed Chair Janet Yellen put the smile back on many a-Wall Streeter's faces. Less than two weeks ago, Janet explained the considerable "time" ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

Industry heralds government capital recycling plan

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... businesses and other assets and reinvest the freed capital into infrastructure projects. It has promised to cover the cost of an extra 15% of state projects that are funded in this way. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA's) chief ...

Wealth management sector key to Australian growth: Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... education and tourism, Deloitte said the wealth management sector is projected to be a 'super-enabler' helping to add an extra $250 billion to the national economy. This third report in Deloitte's Building the Lucky Country series - Positioning for Prosperity? ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
It's almost over - the first one-fourth of 2014, that is, and what have equity markets got to show for it? They retreated, they bounced back and after (nearly) three months... they did almost zilch. As at yesterday's closing, the All Ordinaries index ...

JANA absorbs MLC IM in NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
MLC Investment Management will be absorbed by JANA in a shake-up designed to create a larger and more powerful investment research, advisory and portfolio management business, NAB has announced. The bank said the combined business will better utilise ...

Blue Sky acquires hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has acquired all of the shares in hedge fund manager Investment Science. The hedge fund has approximately $70 million in assets under management and a strong investment track record. Blue Sky confirmed that key Investment ...