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Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... ($1.99 trillion). Vanguard's total assets under management including equities and fixed income funds were $4 trillion in March 31, 2015. In Australia, Vanguard's total funds under management were $85 billion and it was managing $12.8 billion in fixed ...

CML launches $25m corporate bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Finance Australia. The CML Group bond issue is the fourth that FIIG has arranged in six weeks, following successful issues in March by MoneyTech ($25 million), McPhersons ($60 million) and Dicker Data ($40 million.)

Financial services SMEs top confidence survey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... sector has ranked number one for optimism in the latest survey of SMEs conducted by Bibby Financial Services. Conducted in March, the Bibby Barometer survey quizzed 620 smaller companies (defined as having fewer than 200 employees) about their expectations ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... imports increasing by 1.8%. Last night's US trade data showing an upward revision in the trade deficit to US$51.4 billion in March - the biggest gap since October 2008 -- from the initial estimate of US$42.0 billion could bring that 0.2% first quarter ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... stocks. US petrol prices have risen 10 per cent in the last month. Analysts also cited a sharp rise in the US trade deficit in March and the growing rift between Greece and its creditors over the terms of a bailout. Losses were broad-based with virtually ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... two and a half years.A This more than reversed the previous month's 1.3% fall and quickening the annual pace from 6.6% in March to 7.3%. And we all know what jobs do - people with jobs are more confident about spending more. This, in turn, makes businesses ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... the gains as "momentum buying" after the Commerce Department said new orders for manufactured goods rose 2.1 per cent in March, after seven straight months of declines. US stocks traded in positive territory all day. The advance marked the second day ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... level in 15-years - suggesting an improvement in the official employment report for April; Consumer spending gained 0.4% in March (3.0% year-on-year) following a 0.2% increase in the previous month. The bigger-than-expected 0.7% increase (2.6% year-on-year) ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... since January this year and is 6.5% up from the US$0.7533 touched about the same time as the greenback hit its highs in March. Now, not only are speculations of delayed Fed action bumping our currency, commodity prices - in particular, iron ore and crude ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... parties. (As of the submissions cut-off date in February 2015, 137 were received.) Trowbridge's final report, released in March, contains 11 recommendations to lift the standard of Australian life insurance advice. Six are policy-oriented; the other ...