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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 ...

Global deflation - the next worry?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... economic growth... with tame inflation. Case in point, America's annual headline inflation rate remained at a low 1.7% in September (the same as in August) due largely to a 0.7% month-on-month drop in energy prices in September and 2.6% decline in August. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street with investors still nervous after the volatility of the past few weeks. At 0805 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 28 points at 5,349. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened 1% higher after Wall Street rallied on talk of broader monetary stimulus in Europe and good home sales figures. Upbeat US home sales data and speculation that the European Central Bank may buy corporate bonds to ...