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From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... stockmarket: which is why soaring shares did little to boost consumption and crashing prices will do little to hurt it. Many stocks were bought on debt, and the unwinding of these loans helps explain why the government has been unable to stop the rout. ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... 5,469.5 points. The broader All Ordinaries index fell 107.5 points, or 1.93 per cent, at 5,456.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have slumped on worries about China and Greece in a session that was overshadowed by a lengthy outage at the New York Stock ...

Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower after sharp falls in commodity prices on concern about China's turbulent stock market. Iron ore fell 4.6 per cent to $49.70 US a tonne overnight, close to April's 10-year low of $46.70. Nickel fell nine per ...

Australian shares up on ease over Greece

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... on as if it didn't happen." The gains were spread across the Australian market on Tuesday, with the exception of energy stocks, which suffered due to a slide in oil prices. Oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum has reversed earlier losses to gain 15 cents ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... smart beta strategy that investors are familiar with. The fund provides exposure to the ASX 300's highest paying dividend stocks and is popular among investors that are seeking an income from their portfolios. "When people started to buy market cap weighted ...

Australian market skids on Greece

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... to $32.24, National Australia Bank had weakened 44 cents to $33.27, and ANZ had backtracked 40 cents to $32.06. In other stocks, energy giant AGL had lost 46 cents, or 2.91 per cent, to $15.36 after it flagged another $600 million in writedowns as it ...

WaveStone to manage long-only mandate for Mercer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... Zaland equities following an active, bottom-up investment approach. The boutique is attracted to innovative and growth stocks at low valuations. WaveStone has several retail funds and has been managing a long-only portfolio for wholesale investors since ...

Australian Ethical to list on mFunds platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... Fund is said to leverage the expertise of Australian Ethical's investment team and 20-year record in managing small cap stocks within its Australian Shares Fund (previously the Smaller Companies Trust). To allow more people to access the benefits of ...

Why SMSFs are attractive to Gen X and Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
SelfWealth managing director, Andrew Ward, says customer engagement coming from Gen X and Y self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees is increasing. Speaking at a recent executive roundtable hosted by Bravura Solutions, Ward said SelfWealth was ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... points. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 81.9 points, or 1.49 per cent, at 5,587.9 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have closed a holiday-shortened week slightly lower following a mixed US jobs report and as investors awaited Greece's weekend ...