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It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... in his interview. "The media is blaming this on China. The Chinese market is going down for the same reason that the US market is going down. It's not that China is causing our market to go down. Both markets are responding to the Federal Reserve's threat ...

Insto investor acquires $236.6m US property

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... square metre property is not far from the area where Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech companies are located. "The US market is opportunity rich, and the combination of QIC's on-the-ground office in Los Angeles and teams around the world will continue ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Google and Microsoft (not far behind them is Amazon, in ninth place).A Giant tech stocks have been a major part of the US market recovery." Now where, rather when, have I heard this line before? While not a single soul could argue that it was the Fed's ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower with European markets slipping ahead of Greece's referendum on its bailout and future in the eurozone. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,480. ...

Corporate bond issue closes at $35m oversubscribed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Queensland property group W.A Stockwell has closed its $35 million bond issue oversubscribed following a strong response from self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and other sophisticated investors. The six-year senior secured amortising note issue ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... of funds moving into the heart of greater China, notwithstanding it has a long way to go to match the US$25 trillion US market. Australia's $2 trillion funds management market is credible by comparison but, in contrast to the China region, faces a major ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
The Australian share market looks set to open higher after a strong lead from the US stock market. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 51 points at 5,526. Wall Street rose more than one per cent as technology ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... was built for the Australian market. Unusually, it launched here first (in February 2014) and was then released to the US market later. It is only just being made available to European investors now. The fund has not had its defensive characteristics ...

Super funds on path to becoming trading pros

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Superannuation funds are becoming better at electronic trading as they increase their in house investment capabilities, Bloomberg Tradebook head of Asia Pacific Tom Kingsley said. "Super funds are becoming more educated in electronic trading and we ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower despite gains on US markets overnight. "It (the market) started with a bit of enthusiasm but petered away very quickly," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. He said there appeared ...