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The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Remember the, "That 40% odds of an April rate cut last week - up from 36% the week before - has now risen to 68% this week" I typed on this space 24 hours ago? They've just gone up to 72% and the Australian dollar's fall to a low of US$0.7597 (down ...

Bland retires from IRESS

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
IRESS has announced the appointment of John Harris as chief financial officer. It follows the retirement of previous chief financial officer, Stu Bland, who leaves IRESS from October 2015. IRESS chief executive, Andrew Walsh, said Bland "has made an ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
What a difference a week makes. Looks like it's gonna happen in May with a slight chance of April was what I typed on this space seven days ago. Yes Virginia, 'twas about the when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would next cut the official cash ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Australian stocks have extended their losses on heavy drops in commodity prices and overnight falls on Wall Street. Crude prices eased and iron ore fell to its lowest price since tracking began in 2008. The market opened with only modest losses, but ...

Certitude Global Investments bought by Ironbark

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Ironbark Asset Management has agreed to acquire Certitude Global Investments from its holding company, HFA Holdings with the acquisition expected to be completed on 30 April 2015. Ironbark will acquire 100% of the issued capital from HFA. The deal expands ...

Former Wallaby Kearns resurfaces at insurance broker

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Former Wallabies captain Phil Kearns has been appointed managing director of corporate insurance broker InterRISK Australia, nine months after stepping down as chief executive of Centric Wealth. Kearns has over 10 years' experience leading financial ...

AMP Capital awards $670m to NZ boutique manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AMP Capital has awarded a $670 million (NZ$690 million) equities mandate to a New Zealand boutique investment management firm that specialises in listed equity and property. From 1 April 2015, Salt Funds Management will manage the AMP Capital NZ Shares ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Disappointment over the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision not to cut interest rates at its 3 March Board meeting reversed the Australian equity market's sharp uptrend that started in the middle of January. The All Ords dropped from a high of ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
It didn't happen on the night, but it happened last night. That perplexing perverse performance the financial markets gave to the deletion of the word 'patient' in the FOMC statement has gotten less perverse while we slept - the VIX index rose, so did ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... strategist Evan Lucas said. "We've got a 100 per cent chance of getting a rate cut by May, and now a 50 per cent chance by April - which yesterday was at 30 per cent and 82 per cent." All areas of the market opened higher, and Lucas said high yielding ...