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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... points (1.55 per cent) to 4,939.33. Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, cited the rise in US oil prices above $US60 a barrel as a drag on stocks. US petrol prices have risen 10 per cent in the last month. Analysts also cited a sharp ...

Aviva launches first in range of new funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... multi-strategy range. The Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Target Return Fund is aiming to deliver returns of 5% per annum above the Reserve Bank of Australia base rate over any rolling three-year period. The fund's strategy was launched globally ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... from 24 March when it traded at US$0.7870 to US0.7653 leading up to the "sure" 7 April cut? The A$ shot back up immediately above US$0.77 a week later, above US$0.78 the next and up to above US$0.80 just last week. The RBA may have no choice but to give ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... currency fluctuations were battering healthcare stocks with the sector leading the losses. The Australian dollar has jumped above the US 80 cent mark on the back of weak US consumer confidence data and concerns about the Federal Reserve's policy meeting ...

Adviser reputation hits all-time low

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... Morgan said. Insurance brokers did worse and were ranked at 11%, down from 16% in 2014. They were number 27 in the list, only above real estate agents, advertising people and car salesmen. Australia's best regarded professionals by honesty and ethical ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... index has now weakened to 96.1 - a 4.3% drop from the 100.4 peak hit only last month. On the flipside, the A$ has shot up above US$0.80 overnight (US$0.8021) - the first time since January this year and is 6.5% up from the US$0.7533 touched about the ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... taskforce be created to make recommendations to the advice sector; and that the Life Insurance Code of Practice mentioned above be developed in conjunction and consultation with life insurers, licensees, advisers and consumers. Finally, the report recommends ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... high. McCarthy said the market also appeared to taking the view that it was now "game on" for iiNet, with the stock trading above bid prices. Internet service provider iiNet was $1.05, or 12%, higher at $9.70 after rival M2 Group put forward a takeover ...

Retirement income sector keeps pace with population changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... growing sector. A third (32%) of participants in the report - based on a survey of 617 financial advisers - expect retirees above 75 to represent a larger proportion of their client base by 2017, and the majority (68%) selected "highest income" as their ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... Average edged up 21.45 (0.12 per cent) to 18,080.14, while the S&P 500 added 4.76 (0.23 per cent) at 2,117.69, 0.3 point above the previous record on March 2. The Nasdaq surge came on the back of good data in the quarterly reports of the three big tech ...