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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street. At 0823 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of ...

Former QIC exec appointed OneVue COO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
OneVue has appointed former QIC general manager of investment operations Richard Stevens as its new chief operating officer, as part of a wider executive restructure. Stevens will replace Lisa McCallum, who has moved into the newly created role of head ...

Paul Barrett resurfaces in partnership with Italian manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Former ANZ managing director of advice and distribution Paul Barrett has established a financial planning business partly-owned by Italian independent asset manager Azimut. Barrett is now the chief executive officer of Next Generation Advisory (NGA) ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
"...I see your true colors Shining through." - Cyndi Lauper Has the A$ just revealed its true colour? It's a Democrat and an Obama groupie! The Australian dollar "plummeted" "nosedived" "plunged" "tumbled" "was smoked" following reports that the Republicans ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high following the Republican win in the US midterm elections. At 0910 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Mixed signals coming from the US Fed's monetary policy committee should temper investors from overreacting to expectations of rising US rates and an increasing USD, noted Amundi Asset Management in its latest global investor update. Causing the ambiguity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after mainly negative performance on Wall Street as oil prices slump. At 0828 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,501. In local economic news ...

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The SelectingSuper MySuper (ie Workplace) rolling 12 month performance index fell sharply during September to return 9.0% compared to 11.1% at end July and 10.6% at end June. Three year super fund average annual returns are, however, higher at 11.7% ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The share market is flat after Westpac's cash profit rise and supermarket giant Woolworths's sales figures failed to excite investors. While Australia's second largest home lender lifted its full year cash profit by eight per cent to $7.63 billion ...

Bloomberg takes full control of UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Bloomberg Indexes has taken full control of the UBS bond indices it purchased in April, placing them under its AusBond Indexes brand. The transition was successfully completed on 29 September and Bloomberg is now managing all aspects of the index governance ...