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The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The Memorial Day holiday in the US must have put Wall Streeters in a good mood - they came back a-shopping and sent the S&P 500 index up to a fresh record high. As the Bellamy Brothers sang, "There's a reason for the sunshine sky there's a reason why ...

Baby boomers account for four in five dollars under advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Over 55s now account for two-thirds of all financial planning clients, and four out of every five dollars under advice, the latest report from researcher Investment Trends shows. An aging population and generational wealth differences have made retirees ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite a rally in US stocks with the Dow closing its last session at a fresh record high. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was flat at 5,445. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Macquarie Bank names managing director

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Mary Reemst will replace Greg Ward as managing director and chief executive of Macquarie Bank from 1 July. Reemst has been with the company for 15 years and is currently head of credit in the risk management group, a role she has held for the past 11 ...

BTIM on the hunt for new investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
BT Investment Management is targeting experienced investment teams with strong track records at rival firms as it looks to grow its funds management capability, chief executive Emilio Gonzalez said. The company boss said the group would not rest on ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... my finger count, it wouldn't be until October till the Fed's shopping budget becomes zero. Oh wait... did I just say October - the month of the year when most significant crashes happen? Never mind, that's still a long way off... there's still May to ...

Nominations open for AFA Excellence in Education Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling for nominations for the seventh AFA Excellence in Education Award, which will be presented in October at the AFA National Conference in Cairns. The award recognises advisers who invest in themselves ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
You can almost taste it. It's nearly here. That time of year when that age-old Wall Street adage tells us to go away. May is coming! And right on cue, we get spooks from renewed and escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
If Mike Baird becomes the new Premier of New South Wales, the privatisation of the state's electricity distribution infrastructure - the 'poles and wires' - may be back on the agenda. The sale of infrastructure assets would provide significant investment ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
The Johnny Littles of the financial market world are once more coming out of the woodworks, proclaiming that, "A crash is coming, a crash is coming"! They point to the biotech and social media stocks that are fast running out of puff that could produce ...