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Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
What lifts all boats? Nah, Virginia, it's no longer "a rising tide" - not if you believe the IMF's latest annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) report published this month where it printed, "Output across advanced and emerging market economies remains ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
The share market is slightly higher on a quiet day, with the main indices trading within a narrow range around 5,900 points since interest rates were kept on hold. Offshore markets provided positive leads but CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The Australian stock market is flat with energy stocks weaker on heavy oil price falls. In early trade on Thursday, mining and energy stocks had given up most of Wednesday's strong gains, IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. And, he said, there was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
The share market has been boosted by a lift in iron ore and crude oil prices and continued expectation of lower interest rates. The market had put aside a weak lead from Wall Street and investors were focusing on the outlook for Australian interest ...

AMP Capital names successor to property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
AMP Capital has appointed a fund manager from Lend Lease to manage its Diversified Property Fund. Kylie O'Connor will be responsible for delivering the strategy, growth and investment performance of the $4.2 billion fund. She takes over the baton from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut have given the share market a post-Easter boost, with virtually all sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... decline in US crude production and a deadly explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for May delivery, surged $US2.49 to close at $US50.09 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, snapping ...

Energy Super appoints first independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Expertise as a financial services and superannuation lawyer alongside prior directorships at several prominent Queensland companies saw Christine Maher appointed as Energy Super's first independent director on Tuesday. Maher is currently a partner of ...

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 ...

Legg Mason appoints custodian

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Legg Mason Australia has appointed RBC Investor & Treasury Services as its custodian and administrator. Part of the Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Investor & Treasury Services has provided investment administration outsourcing services to fund managers in ...