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Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... ease policy in quick succession early this year. The CBR cut interest rates by 200 bps in February to 15.0%, by 100 bps in March to 14.0% and by 150 bps in May to 12.5%. The Russian economy had been contracting since the September quarter - with each ...

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... March 2015. Despite falling sales in the industry overall, group risk business continues to increase, up to $5.4 billion in March 2015, compared to $4.7 billion the previous year. Corresponding with Financial Standard 's report on the topic, DEXX&R's ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... 27 record close. The Nasdaq also set a new intraday record of 5,143.32, about 11 points more than the prior high set in March 2000, shortly before the dotcom crash. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 180.10 points (1.00 per cent) to 18,115.84, while ...

SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... favoured by investors." Cash and term deposits represent about 20.3% of OneVue's SMSF investment mix, down from 21.6% in March 2014. Listed shares hold about 26.4%, compared to 27.8% in March 2014. Head of wealth management at HLB Mann Judd Sydney, Michael ...

SMSF allocation to Aussie equities hits year-low

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... said. The survey found that borrowing in an SMSF for a property purchase was up 1.4% since the last quarter, to 17.5% in March 2015. "The average loan amount for property purchases increased $10,000 from the previous quarter to $273,000," La Greca said. ...

New kid on the block

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... heads the People's Bank of China and has cut interest rates twice since November, told reporters this month [this was in March] that funds entering the stock market help promote growth. The China Securities Regulatory Commission said on its microblog ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... 1.1250 against the US dollar," said Sucden Research Analyst Myrto Sokou. The ECB launched its bond-buying stimulus program in March to fight falling prices in the eurozone, and data showed that inflation picked up to 0.3 per cent in May after having ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... there's no argument with its indication - it was weak. While personal income increased by 0.4% in April from no change in March, consumer spending went from 0.5% in March to no change in April. The details of the report show that this is because consumers ...

Liquidnet to launch first fixed income dark pool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... is," he explained. Liquidnet's move into fixed income started with the acquisition of bond trading platform Vega-Chi in March 2014, which is available to approved market participants who trade US and European high yield bonds, as well as European convertible ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... No thanks to the rising US dollar, the US economy has weakened and headline inflation had become deflation (minus 0.1% in March) -- and expectations of a Fed lift-off pushed further back. The IMF foresaw this more than a month ago when it upgraded its ...