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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... "transitory factors" -- it's the weather, it's crude oil, it's the US dollar. It's the weather. Another severe winter in America has kept American consumers at home and off the shops. It's crude oil. The oil price slide has forced closures in the oil ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US stocks rose sharply on the latest Chinese stimulus measures and some prominent earnings that bested forecasts. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 37 points ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Impressive! Nah Virginia, I refer not to the big bouncy bouncy Wall Street and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... Australia have not yet embraced activism like their peers have in the US," mainly because "the pools we talk about in North America are at least double the biggest Australian pension fund." Credit Suisse said that American pension funds are "much more ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... ExxonMobil rose 1.7 per cent and Marathon Oil surged 4.4 per cent as US crude prices finished at a 2015 peak. Bank of America fell 1.1 per cent after first-quarter earnings came in below expectations, while Dow member Intel jumped 4.3 per cent as first-quarter ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
They talk the talk but aren't walking the talk. This is what I walk out with after poring through the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) sentiment and asset allocation surveys conducted in the last week of March. In its 2 April report ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after losses on Wall Street. At 0644 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,942. On Wall Street, stocks sagged ahead of the start of first-quarter-earnings ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... team of more than 60 analysts provide political analysis on 100+ countries covering Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Investment products serving both institutional and retail clients will be made available ...

Mercer announces internal promotions

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... chief executive Julio A. Portalatin announced that David Anderson will take the growth markets role, overseeing Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Walsh will succeed Anderson in the managing director role. Commenting on the announcement, Mercer ...