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Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... confidence," he said. "In addition, we have had a continual stream of mixed data from key economies such as the United States, Europe and China which is causing investors to consider protecting their portfolios from downside risk."

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Who went away in May? The month when we're supposed to sell and go away is over but it appears that it's the sellers that went away instead. Yes, Virginia, May's closing stats show that most major equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set to open lower due to falls in commodity prices at the end of last week. At 0700 AEST on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,495. In economic news on Monday, the bureau of ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... businesses are a perfect fit and the acquisition allows us to spread our entire investor relations product suite across Europe, the Middle East and Africa where transparency of ownership data varies greatly. Following the acquisition of King Worldwide ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... Apple, up 1.9 per cent, Facebook, up 3.5 per cent, Priceline, up 5.2 per cent, and Tesla Motors, up 2.1 per cent. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended higher, with Frankfurt's DAX 30 pushing further into record territory as it closes in on the ...

Future Fund appoints head of ESG risk management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... Rabobank Group. He has held similar roles at ABN AMRO Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and AT Kearney, including experience across Europe, Asia and Australia. "Integrating ESG risk management into our investment decision-making is an important part of our ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
If three weeks (almost) ago European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi still gave himself a bit of wiggle room not to act (or defer action) - "after having seen the Staff projections that will come out in early June" - he did none of that when ...

Market wrap Am

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
Australian share market is set to open higher after European markets made modest gains overnight. The New York and London markets were closed for public holidays. At 0651 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was seven points ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
Yeah baby, let's! Seen the CBOE VIX index lately? Yes, that one - the one financial markets look at the gauge the level of investors' fear. It was pegged at 11.36 at the close of last week's activity - the lowest since the ides (15th) of March 2013. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... all week ahead of the long holiday weekend. The markets will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets have ended the week mostly higher as investors awaited the outcomes of key elections across the region. ...