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Bubbling bubble?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... more than expected - good news on the labour market - but pending home sales dropped when they were expected to rise (US taper affecting bond yields, affecting mortgage rates, affecting affordability... or weather distorted?) Then there's the geo-political ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... past three months: There was pessimism. China concerns and polar vortex distortion of US data (and what it meant for Fed taper) at the start of January and the sell-off in emerging markets - prompted by Argentina's depreciation of the peso and the fall ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The sharemarket is flat in early trade as investors ignore positive offshore leads. US stocks moved higher as Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments that he had no designs on a larger break-up of Ukraine eased investor tensions. But there was no ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have plummeted following disappointing Chinese economic figures and renewed concerns about the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The market has started the day more than one per cent lower, which follows heavy falls on US and European ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... International Equity also garnered a sizeable inflow of about $430 million. The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it would taper its quantitative easing program triggered an exodus from bond funds of more than $2.3 billion. Passive fixed income ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Almost half the world's fund managers expect their institutional clients to adopt a more aggressive investment strategy in 2014, according to a global survey by Towers Watson. The survey, including responses from 128 investment managers (the majority ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... rates at 36% for workers aged between 35 and 50 years are already extraordinarily high by Australian standards though they taper down to 11.5% for employees aged 65 years or more. Following the increase that will come into effect in 2015, CPF contribution ...

Equity-like bonds most attractive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Equity-like fixed income areas and higher real-yielding sovereigns in developing markets can provide strong bond opportunities for 2014, according to Brandywine. The prospect of rising interest rates globally has lowered investors return expectations ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... balding head, how much of the recent US stats' weakness were due to the weather and how much were the consequences of Fed taper. We just have to wait till the US Northern Hemisphere spring to break before we know for sure. That's ok. At least, Wall Street ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Both houses of the US Congress have passed a bill to increase the US debt ceiling, with no additional debt ceiling increases expected to be needed until 2015. It was passed first in the House of Representatives 221 to 201 after an estimated 30 Republicans ...