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"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... instead of declining in sympathy, the Dow closed up 1.3% and the S&P 500 ended 1.4% higher (the biggest gain in five weeks, mind you). Could it be that financial markets now believe my previous rants that lower oil prices are a boon to the economy? But ...

AustralianSuper adds London site to property portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
AustralianSuper has bought a 25% stake in a large mixed-use property investment in London's King's Cross. The purchase is the $84 billion industry super fund's first direct London investment and only its second in the UK. AustralianSuper will join the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... the Reserve Bank left the official interest rate at 2.25 per cent, but observers believe the RBA has a couple more cuts in mind for 2015. Meanwhile, falling crude oil prices overnight, caused by US oversupply concerns and weak China growth forecasts ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... Street doesn't seem to be all that sunny - the S&P 500 and the Dow closed nearly flat, up 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively. Never mind, it already had its day in the sun. Besides, the ECB's money drop is intended to drop over the Eurozone, not for America. ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Unlike the Greek tragedies of bailout past, investors appear to be taking a mind over matter attitude towards Grexit these days - that is, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. The performance of the markets' fear gauge - the VIX index - tells us so. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
The share market is lower as Commonwealth Bank lost value after paying a dividend and ANZ's trading update disappointing investors. Commonwealth Bank was down about 2.5 per cent after paying its half year dividend to shareholders, which typically results ...

Grexit not Greek to Brits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... Greece is a non-matter - it makes up around an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie 0.3% of global GDP. That, or go bankrupt. But never mind, it's what his people want anyway gauging from the "Bankrupt but Free" slogans doing the rounds of Athens these days. This ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... 0.2 per cent at noon on Thursday after opening higher. "It's been a day where the market's really struggled to make up it's mind what direction it's heading," OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said. "We got a soft lead from commodities and oil ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
DeVere Group, one of the largest financial advice organisations in the world, has launched its second Australian office and named its management team. Following its Melbourne launch in November 2014, deVere has now opened a Sydney office with Richard ...

Centuria partners with Mason Stevens to deliver credit bond

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Centuria Life has partnered with Mason Stevens to add a bespoke credit bond to its Tax Astute product suite. The underlying asset in the credit bond is the Mason Stevens Credit Fund, which is an actively-managed fixed income fund comprised of government ...