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An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
D-day 30 June 2015. It came, it went... but just like the "end of the world" prophesied by every other religious sect (almost forever) the sky did not fall on this day as financial markets did 'not' fear. Yes Virginia, did NOT fear. Despite the 'chicken ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... declined that request, but will continue talks on Wednesday after Athens asked for a new aid plan, officials said. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended the day firmly lower as hopes faded of a last-minute deal to stave off Greece defaulting on ...

Australian shares lower at midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... Fortescue Metals was 3.5 cents weaker at $1.895. Energy stocks were down after oil price falls overnight, also a fallout of Europe's economic problems. Woodside Petroleum was 11 cents lower at $33.88, Oil Search retreated half a cent to $7.155 and Santos ...

Instos overconfident on drawdown risks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... on behalf of private and public pension funds, endowments and foundations, and sovereign wealth funds in Asia Pacific, Europe and the US. It found that 86% of respondents have implemented downside protection strategies of some kind, with 53% choosing ...

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... points, or almost two per cent, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each down by more than two per cent. Things were even worse in Europe, where Germany's DAX 30 plunged 3.7 per cent and Paris's CAC 40 dived 3.7 per cent, while London's FTSE 100 dropped two per ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. He said although most Australian companies had little exposure to Greece and to Europe generally, equities investors were experiencing a crisis of confidence and were fleeing to safe-haven alternatives such as the ...

Advisers waiting on the sidelines with smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Requirements for Smart Beta ETFs' report, which gathered views from 222 institutional investors and private wealth advisers in Europe. The survey found that 88% of the respondents think that smart beta indices require full transparency on methodology ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
"Talk to the hand"! With these words, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoiled my weekend. Not because I have money on Greece - I haven't got enough to buy a small bottle of booze - but more because Alexis proved wrong my musings that after all is ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... That's when the fat lady sings. I still maintain that she'll be singing a happy melody. However, this isn't the end of Europe's problems. For while I'm reasonably confident that Greece's creditors would again extend a lifeline to Athens, the European ...

Investors concerned smart beta lacks transparency

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Investors fear that smart beta indices lack full transparency on methodology and risk analytics, global research found. "Respondents appear to have major concerns about the quality of these products," the EDHEC-Risk Institute 'Investor Interest in and ...