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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street endured its third straight day of losses. At 0807 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 5,373. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... expect the "low" in low-flation turn into "in" for inflation. Latest data showed inflation running at a 0.4% annual rate in August - the lowest since October 2009 - with six euro area members posting annualised price falls and three members registering ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell decisively amid profit taking and anxiety about Chinese economic growth. At 0817 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,352. Locally ...

Arnhem IM appoints senior BDM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Arnhem Investment Management has appointed a senior business development manager to work with the manager's distributor, BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Samuel Stobart started at Arnhem in late August and will also look after existing institutional ...

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 ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Yesterday we found out that financial markets' worry about the Fed was too much ado about "considerable time". Any moment now, we'll get to know how the land of "Braveheart" and scotch on the rocks - Scotland - voted with regards to their divorce with ...

Sunsuper expands investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Industry superannuation fund Sunsuper has expanded its investment team with two appointments in asset allocation strategy and listed equities. Former NAB FX strategist Alastair Sloan will take on the role of dynamic asset allocation manager and will ...

BetaShares funds awarded 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Research house Zenith has awarded 'Recommended' ratings to two BetaShares funds. The ratings were given to the Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser managed fund (YMAX) and to the FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF (QOZ). The YMAX fund provides investors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following a mixed session on Wall Street and large losses locally on Monday. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,476. US stocks have finished mixed as the tech-rich ...

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
They were an unbelievably beautiful set of numbers that they were, well... simply unbelievable. Talkin' here 'bout "Catalogue 6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia, Aug 2014" the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released yesterday, folks. Australia's ...