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2015: a lift year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... because what matters for financial conditions and the broader economy is the entire expected path of short-term interest rates and not the precise timing of the first rate increase". "Let me first be clear that the FOMC does not intend to embark on any ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... month might also have the market thinking more stimulus is likely, he said. "These QEs, free-flowing cash, low interest rates are really putting a rocket under this market... who knows where it all ends and people are trying to ride it as long as they ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... discussion about starting to raise rates". Cleveland Fed pres Loretta Mester in Paris: "It would be appropriate to raise interest rates sometime this year... We are not going to necessarily move in June but it gives us June as a viable option." Tuesday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... or corporate news out this week or incentives to adjust portfolios ahead of next week's Reserve Bank meeting on interest rates, said Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'nell. "That big push towards 6000 is probably going to be unlikely this week ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... month, linked to higher wages and rising import costs resulting from the euro's depreciation". Should the Fed raise interest rates sometime this year (as most expect), the resulting strength in the US dollar would give further impetus to business activity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... finished lower after positive economic data lifted speculation the US Federal Reserve could move more quickly to raise interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 104.90 points (0.58 per cent) on Tuesday to 18,011.14. The broad-based S&P 500 ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Disappointment over the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision not to cut interest rates at its 3 March Board meeting reversed the Australian equity market's sharp uptrend that started in the middle of January. The All Ords dropped from a high of ...

Finance dominates top Australian companies list

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... IBISWorld senior industry analyst Stephen Gargano said. He added: "While overall revenue remains strong, lower interest rates have limited investment revenue growth over the past five years across the sector. National and Regional Commercial Banks have ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Australian stocks received positive leads from the US and European markets which gained on Friday night as low interest rates continue to push investors towards shares. Investors also were gaining confidence with central banks, in the US especially and ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... 2013, it's now at 5.7% (January 2015). If I remember correctly, financial market's money were for the BOE to raise interest rates earlier than the Fed - in November 2014 - when after only six months on the job, the unemployment rate breached the BOE's ...

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Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA
Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI
Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO
Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

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