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SMSF allocation to Aussie equities hits year-low

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... previous quarter. While the major banks and Telstra remain top of the list for investment, the representation of top 10 stocks in SMSF portfolios has reduced from 19% to 16.8% during the first quarter," AMP SMSF Administration head of technical services ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,526. Wall Street rose more than one per cent as technology and banking stocks helped a run of sluggish trade in US equity markets. Locally on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases jobs ...

Market flat at noon

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... committing, said CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner. "It is a relief I guess," he told AAP. "It is interesting because stocks have actually held fairly steady both here and in the US despite the process resuming last night of bond yields rising." ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... the US. At 0644 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,465. Wall Street stocks finished little-changed as a the General Electric asset sale offset worries about spiking US Treasury bond yields. Locally ...

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... than doubling in 12 months. We prefer less expensive Hong Kong-listed Chinese equities, especially small- and medium-sized stocks, because they have suffered a liquidity discount that is set to dissipate." Origin Asset Management portfolio manager John ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... its benchmark Emerging Market Index. Though doubts remain whether MSCI would actually announce the inclusion of China's stocks in its index tomorrow (or this week), one thing is for sure... the biggest kid of emerging markets is coming soon. The 'Wall ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,477. US stocks were lower, led by large declines in technology shares and airline stocks. Locally on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... overnight. At 0642 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,490. Wall Street stocks tumbled almost one per cent due to unease over the Greek debt negotiations, volatility in the bond market and worries about ...

Don't rage against the machine

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Financial services professionals must embrace robo advice rather than fear it, according to industry research veteran Maggie Callinan. In her presentation at the recent MAX Forum in Sydney, former senior manager of investment research at Perpetual Private ...

Australia underperforms as China slows down: Russell

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... Pacific Pete Gunning said. "With the chances of a prolonged downturn in China's steel consumption and volatility in bank stocks, investors are becoming skittish - with good reason." Speaking about property, Gunning said: "Property prices have been largely ...