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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... Australia's share market is weaker as declining iron ore prices hit the big miners. Gold and base metals rose during the London trading session but it was concern about iron ore falling below $US75 a tonne which hit BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, Patersons ...

Libertas FP to offer SMA portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... designed to exhibit high correlation with the ASX200, but systematically adopting overweight positions in companies that are trading at lower than average valuation multiples, and underweight positions in those that are trading at above average multiples. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... a subdued performance on Wall Street with both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 flat in late afternoon trading. At 0905 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down eight points at 5,523. In local economic ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... investors' interest and participation had been limited. According to WSJ Marketwatch, "The plan is expected to increase trading volumes on stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Money managers will initially be subject to investment quotas. Northbound ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... with Japanese shares succumbing to profit-taking but Hong Kong and Shanghai rallying after a date was announced for a trading link between their stock exchanges. Tokyo slipped 0.59 per cent, or 99.85 points, to finish at 16,780.53 after ramping up gains ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... as investors sell out of the major banks. CMC markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said Westpac, which was trading ex-dividend on Monday, was the biggest drag on the bourse. "Bank ex-dividends are part of the explanation of today's underperformance ...

ING low-fee super hits $1bn mark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... growth options, Living Super has member direct investment options, offering access to managed funds, as well as real time trading of shares listed on the ASX/S&P 200 index and selected ETFs and LICs. In the middle of 2014 Living Super was made available ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... 46.83 per US dollar at the end of last week from 42.98 a week before, for a total loss of 29.8% this year to date - it was trading at around 32.86 at the start of 2014. Currency depreciation might be what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is hoping ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... US rates commentary takes on major significance especially regarding its implications for the USD. The AUD is currently trading at around US$0.87, down 8% in two months. This AUD fall relative to the USD has helped hold up US and global equities returns ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... and WTI oil dropped 16.4% to US$82.25 per barrel. Last night, oil slid some more - Brent's down to US$82.70 and WTI's trading at US$77.16, down 28.1% and 27.8% this year to date, respectively. The narrative was almost the same as it was in mid-October... ...