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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The Australian share market is slightly higher following soft leads from overseas markets and as the nation prepares to mark Melbourne Cup day. US stocks finished flat due to mixed economic data while European equities pulled back overnight. The risk-off ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
It's that time of the year again folks, the first Tuesday of November, when the "Race that Stops the Nation' - the Melbourne Cup - meets with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision. I have lived in Australia (and Melbourne, at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower in a likely quiet day of trade on Melbourne Cup day and following poor performances on international markets. At 0845 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has taken a 7.5% stake in UK rail freight leasing company Porterbrook Rail Finance. The move is part of the broader investment strategy for TIF, overseen by trustee The Private Capital Group Pty Ltd (TPCG), to create a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street gained more than one per cent following the Bank of Japan's surprise stimulus announcement ignited a rally on global stock exchanges. At 0818 AEST on Monday, the December share ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... measures handily beat forecasts, and the company further stirred buyers with a $US5 billion share buyback plan. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed up, lifted by the European Central Bank's announcement that it would begin buying asset-backed ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... Street Journal succinctly put it: "Several officials worried at a Sept. 16-17 policy meeting that disappointing growth in Europe, Japan and China could restrain U.S. exports, according to minutes of the meeting released by the Fed Wednesday with the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... concern about low inflation, elements that led some analysts to characterise it as more hawkish than expected. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets closed mainly flat, as investors awaited any fresh signals from the Federal Reserve on interest rates. ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... background of 823 graduates supplements similar studies conducted focusing on graduates educated at universities in the US and Europe. "Less than half of the graduates from Australian universities in the eVestment database work in Australia, with 31.3% ...

Fidelity appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
Fidelity Australia has appointment two senior executives in a bid to strengthen the firm's relationships with clients. Warwick Boys joins the company as head of institutional business. For the past five years Boys was working at Perpetual Investments ...