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NAB wealth returns "below acceptable levels"

LAURA MILLAN & AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) net profit for the year to September 30 was down 1.1%, with chief executive Andrew Thorburn saying that NAB Wealth returns were "below acceptable levels." NAB's net profit was $5.295 billion, down 1.1% from $5.355 billion ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
QE is dead! Long live QE! Well that went well, didn't it Virginia? The death of QE3 caused little stir in the financial markets - the S&P 500 index lost a teenie-weenie 0.1%; yields on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a small 0.02 percentage point ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve confirmed it would end its asset-buying program. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,431. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street rose on upbeat US consumer confidence. The US consumer confidence index has leapt from 89.0 in September to 94.5 in October, giving US equities a solid boost overnight. The positive sentiment ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... reported GDP growth of a mere 0.8% in the June quarter - down from 1.0% in the first one - and inflation of 0.3% in September - down from 0.4% in August. Recently released disappointing economic stats out of Germany - the eurozone's biggest and its economic ...

Australian Ethical FUM grows 8% in Sept quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
Australian Ethical's recent returns experience and increased net flows have seen its funds under management rise by more than 8% in the September quarter, bringing it just short of the $1 billion mark. The fund added $72 million to its FUM over the ...

BTIM expands income and fixed income team

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
BTIM has expanded its income and fixed income team, appointing Oliver Ge to the position of portfolio analyst. Ge has been in the BTIM investment products team since September 2012 and prior to that he spent three years at Perpetual where he worked ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
What a difference a week makes. Yes, yes, yo Virginia, in just seven winks, financial market sentiment went from "shiver me timbers, the sky is falling" to hapeee. Don't believe me? Here's Bloomberg's take last 15 October in its report headed, "World ...

PROFILE: Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Philip Moffitt has climbed the ranks of the funds management world to become a chief executive of one of the best known brands in the business, but despite his enduring success, he puts much of that rise down to simple pot luck. Mark Smith reports. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after a pullback on Wall Street. Mixed earnings reports triggered a broad market retreat in the US overnight, breaking a three-session winning streak. Analysts said the pullback was not surprising given that ...