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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The share market is more than one per cent higher after the European Central Bank announced measures to boost the eurozone's ailing economy. The ECB will buy 60 billion euros ($A85 billion) worth of private and public sector bonds per month between ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day... I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way?" Mario, Mario, Mario Talkin' 'bout Q-E Q-E. Yes Virginia, he did it. Super Mario brought sunshine to the financial markets on this, a cold and cloudy Frankfurt day. ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Surprises, surprises, and more surprises. We're yet to complete the first month of 2015 and thus far, we've gotten central bank surprises a-plenty... and they're not kinder surprises either. We've seen the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stomp the CHF1.20/euro ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Macquarie Group has confirmed it expects profits to rise by 10-20% above the $1.27 billion originally announced for the year to March 2014. Cited reasons for this include the 6.5% Australian dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility ...

REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Ibbotson Associates Australia has been reappointed as implemented investment consultant by REI Super for a further three years. Ibbotson, which is part of the Morningstar Investment Management Group, provides advice and management for REI Super's low-cost ...

Hub24 keeps growth pace in Q2

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Hub24 saw its fourth consecutive quarter of record net inflows during the December quarter and a 21.4% increase in funds under administration. The platform provider had net inflows of $189.7 million and gross inflows of $225.6 million during the September  ...

ETF market breaks multiple industry records

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market broke industry records in multiple key metrics in 2014, according to BetaShares' Australian ETF Review: Year End 2014. Foremost, the market experienced its highest ever growth in 2014, with FUM increasing ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
It's a done deal! No more ifs, ors, ands and buts. You can bet the house on it - including all its contents (breathing or otherwise) - that four days from now, on 22 January, you, I and Irene would hear the European Central Bank (ECB) announce two letters ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
"Francogeddon", "currency tsunami", "shocker", "jaw-dropping". These are some of the words used to describe the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) decision to surrender and abandon the currency peg - erected back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. ...

Surging group premiums push insurer inflows up 12.9 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Life insurance premiums jumped 12.9% during 2014 driven by group business, which has surged by 24%. The figures are contained in the latest analysis by insurance industry researcher Plan For Life for the 12 months to September 2014. According to the ...