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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... lead. "Technology shares are getting pretty hammered this morning but, given we are so heavily weighted towards the financials and materials sectors, the Aussie market should hold up relatively well today," he said. Jobseeker site SEEK, down 56 cents ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app. In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at misconceptions over the size of self-managed superannuation Fund (SMSF) viability. We also look at the UK government's decision to ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at how much industry funds spend on advertising and investigate the insurance industry's "perfect storm.A We also speak to Westpac's general manager of bank financial planning Mike Chesworth for our ...

SMSFs still under-invested in global shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... dividends on offer in local shares are attractive, Tuck said this advantage is diluted by concentration risk, with financials and materials companies accounting for 60% of the total market capitalisation. "Banks now operate in a lower credit growth environment ...

OneVue shuffles reporting lines ahead of IPO

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... business analyst. There he was responsible for daily oversight of all operational functions, including unit pricing, fund financials, service level agreements and investor relations," McCallum said. "Rui also spent time at Morgan Stanley as a senior ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... Atlas Iron had gained a quarter of a cent to 92.25 cents. Most other sectors of the market were lower, including the financials. Among the major banks, Westpac had lost 42 cents to $33.87, Commonwealth Bank was down 36 cents at $75.89, ANZ had dropped ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard, we look at whether longevity insurance is the key to making retirement funds go the distance. We also investigate why the much-vaunted Asia Funds Passport might not get off the ground andA we speak to MetLife ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
He's either really brave or truly spaced out after smoking some heavy stuff. One thing's for sure though, Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Australia Adam Boyton has made the headlines with his fearless forecast that the Australian dollar would be ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... dividends last year from a standing start in 2012. For dividends technology is a relatively small sector overall, however. Financials pay the most, $218bn in 2013, almost a quarter of the global pie (24%) and have risen 76% since the post-crisis nadir. ...