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Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following lifts on Wall Street but falls on European markets as investors await the next move in Greece's debt crisis. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 29 ...

Redpoint awarded MLC equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Plus." "Their mandate will give investors exposure to a much wider range of share market opportunities, including those in fast-growing emerging markets," Mahalingam said. In May last year MLC also awarded Redpoint a $1 billion mandate A for an Australian ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Reinforcing concerns over rising Sydney property prices, the ABS latest house price index reveals the harbour city's home prices to be rising more than 5-times faster than other capitals. In the 12 months to March 2015 the ABS reported Sydney prices ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Asia Pacific is the region where the number of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals grew faster during 2014, the World Wealth Report found. The 19th edition of the report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management revealed that high net worths ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... also loomed large in investors' minds on Wednesday, with hopes of a deal with creditors over its bailout repayments fading fast. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies ended the day 0.44 per cent lower at 6,680.55 points compared with Tuesday's ...

Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Australian households are exhibiting "irrational exuberance" by getting into too much debt and placing little weight on unemployment or returns, which means that an external shock would be severe for the economy, PIMCO said. Household debt appears to ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The surging Chinese stock market is retilting the balance of the global funds management market towards China much faster than anticipated. The Chinese stock market is expected to climb to US$10 trillion by the end of this year, driven by huge rises ...

Buffett insurer partners with IAG

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... they are a natural partner with a strong management team and brand presence. Our strategic partnership with IAG will help fast-track our entry into this region, and provides us with opportunities to leverage IAG's extensive capabilities while also making ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... with mining and energy stocks hit hard "Greece's day of reckoning is nearly upon us and traders can't get out of the market fast enough," said David Madden, market analyst at IG trading group. "We are back to the bad old days of the eurozone debt crisis ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... exposure, but are not dissuading Chinese investors. Treasury secretary John Fraser was the last public official to warn about fast rising house prices: "When you look at the housing price bubble evidence, it's unequivocally the case in Sydney," he told ...