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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower as weaker prices for oil and copper weigh on the resources sector. "The resources sector is certainly dragging things down," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. "The banks are doing ...

BTFG restructures investment business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
BT Financial Group has reorganised to bring a number of separate investment business units under the same umbrella. BT Investment Solutions, as the division will be known, ties together Advance Asset Management, Westpac Online Investing and BT's own ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a subdued performance on Wall Street with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 flat in late afternoon trading. At 0905 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with investors still nervous after the volatility of the past few weeks. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 28 points at 5,349. ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
an you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? The heebie-jeebies, that is, coz it's October. September maybe the month which, on average, is the worst month of the year but October - few and far between they may be - is the month of spectacular ...

Morphic global fund added to the Macquarie Wrap

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap Platform, shortly after it was listed on the BT Wrap. The fund is a long-short global equities strategy with a mid-cap focus that aims to provide flexible hedging strategies ...

Ascalon nabs sales execs from Triple-A Partners

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
Ascalon Capital Managers has appointed two senior executives at consultancy firm Triple-A Partners to its distribution team in Australia and Asia. Ascalon has appointed Triple-A Partners founder Damien Hatfield to the role of head of sales in Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,527. Wall Street stocks have finished mostly higher as US Federal ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Toto, I've a feeling we're back in Goldilocksville. Now that the headlines have grown tired of counting and recounting of lives lost - and collateral damages - the US/EU-Russia tits-for-tats, the "humanitarian" trucks toing and froing through the Ukrainian ...

Ascalon acquires stake in Morphic AM

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
BT Financial Group boutique asset manager Ascalon Capital Managers has acquired a minority stake in Morphic Asset Management. Ascalon's involvement is intended to expand the business significantly, particularly through its global distribution capability. ...