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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
Brent oil up 4.0% to US$72.94 a barrel; WTI oil up 4.9% to US$69.36 a barrel. Is this it? Have we reached bottom oil? Is this the sliding slippery stuff's equilibrium price? Or just a dead feline bounce? As Bob Dylan would sing to you, "the answer my ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after OPEC chose not to cut oil production levels. At 0822 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,294. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank ...

Healthcare investment options limited despite Medibank IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Medibank initial public offering (IPO) boosted Australia's healthcare investment offering, but it also highlighted shortfalls in the local market. The offer raised $5.679 billion, making it the second largest float on record in Australia after Telstra ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a lacklustre performance on Wall Street after the release of disappointing economic data. At 0908 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was unchanged at 5,407. The US ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The biggest developed economy in the world growing at a revised annualised rate of 3.9% (from an initial guess of 3.5%) in the third quarter and Wall Street gives it a big gaping yawn? What gives? The tale of the Wall Street tape showed the S&P 500 ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street stocks fluctuated as data showing the economy expanded more than previously forecast was offset by a drop in consumer confidence. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index ...

ME Bank appoints new CIO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
ME Bank has appointed a new chief information officer from GE Capital Group. Mark Gay will commence in the role on 27 January 2015 following the departure of current CIO Kathryn Hawkins, who will finish in November 2014. The bank said the appointment ...

Folkestone to increase holding in REIT

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Folkestone Limited has announced a $42 million equity raising to increase its holding in the Folkestone Education Trust, Australia's largest real estate investment trust. "Folkestone is well positioned for its next stage of growth and this $42 million ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The active versus passive debate is one that has raged for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
You wouldn't miss it even if you tried. Markit Economics did a dump - a dump of fresh PMI data, that is - but after a brief knee-jerk reaction from the financial markets, everything went back to where they were. As they should. This is because the November  ...