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On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... equity markets are having one of its own with all major equity indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones Industrials; Nasdaq composite; Russell 2000 - at or near record highs, indicating confidence in the US economic outlook. This provides a sort of self-feeding ...

Bennelong appoints new CSO in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... Bennelong also appointed Hannah Pietsch as communications manager; Peitsch was previously a marketing content manager at Russell Investments and held similar roles at Australian Unity. She will report to head of marketing Ella Tassi along with two other ...

Powered by low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Wall Street's on a tear with all of the equity market's benchmark indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones; Nasdaq; Russell 2000 - hitting record highs last week. The most proximate cause is, of course, the strong June quarter earnings results. According to Factset ...

Industry stars recognised at 2017 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... O'Loghlin, guests were treated to the sounds of electric violinists String Angels and a comedy routine from leading impersonator Ben Price. The full list of winners and finalists is as below: Marketer of the Year Phillipa Healy - PIMCO Finalists Kari ...

Hunter Hall funds and LIC receive makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... with a view for him to become chairman following its next annual general meeting. Pengana Capital Group chief executive Russell Pillemer will also join the LIC's board - members of which will now receive substantially reduced compensation. Finally, fees ...

New CFO for Charter Hall

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
ASX-listed property investment group Charter Hall has appointed its new chief financial officer. Russell Proutt has more than 25 years of finance experience, including 11 years at Brookfield Asset Management - a Canadian listed diversified real asset ...

Russell Investments secures $1.9bn mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Global asset manager Russell Investments has been appointed by the Tasmanian Public Sector Superannuation Commission to manage $1.9 billion in defined benefit assets. Under the agreement, Russell will act as implemented investment consultant for the ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... palpable. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.4% over the week but a clearer indication of disappointment is the 2.7% drop in the Russell 2000 index - small US companies that would benefit more from Trump's "America First" policy. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... things turn out as expected? Wall Street surely did. US equities jumped -- Dow up 0.5%, S&P up 0.84%, Nasdaq up 0.7%, Russell 2000 up 1.5% -- the VIX index dropped by 5.5% and instead of climbing, the US dollar index fell by 1.1% and the yield on 10-year ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... workers of landing jobs and the economic strength. The gains in US equities -- Dow up 0.2%, S&P up 0.3%, Nasdaq up 0.4%, Russell 2000 up 0.4% -- and the 5.2% drop in the VIX index to a reading of 11.66 show that investors widely welcome the Fed's coming ...