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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, taking its lead from Wall Street which is down one per cent after weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing figures. At 0855 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down 31 points ...

Magellan Global returned 48.7% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... fund returned 48.7% in the 12 months to 31 December, the group's half-yearly investor report released today shows. The figure contributes to equally impressive after-fee three- and five-year annual returns of 24.5% and 16.1% respectively. This equates ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Dear! Dear! Dear! Yes my dear Virginia, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed that the cost of living in this sunburnt country girt by sea has become dearer in the quarter ended 31 December 2013. Headline consumer prices jumped by 0.8% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a negative lead from Wall Street despite strong performances on most other international markets. At 0850 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 5,258. ...

Rich get richer fastest in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... third placed Sweden. The total share of national income going to the richest one percent in Australia is about 9%. The figure puts Australia's proportion sixth in the world behind the US, Singapore, Ireland, Japan and Italy. Oxfam said extreme economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 0850 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,281. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2 per cent, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Australian shares have fallen as China's economic growth numbers continue to weigh on the market. With US markets closed for the Martin Luther King Jr public holiday, investors are taking their cues from Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) data, Invast ...

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

OC picks up distribution head from BT

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
Melbourne-based investment manager OC Funds Management has appointed John Clothier general manager of distribution. He will head up and build a new sales team within the group in a bid to capitalise on strong performance figures and recent platform ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a mixed performance on Wall Street in its last session. At 0923 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down two points at 5,265. In economic news on Monday, the TD Securities ...