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CML launches $25m corporate bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
Finance and employment services company CML group has launched a $25 million unrated bond issue targeting private investors, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and advisers. The corporate bond issue is arranged by FIIG Securities and has a minimum initial ...

CBA shares down on flat profit

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Commonwealth Bank shares have fallen to their lowest level in more than three months after it posted a flat $2.2 billion quarterly cash profit. The bank attributed the flat March quarter result to an increase in costs and strong competition for loans. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
A disappointing quarterly result from the Commonwealth Bank is weighing down the broader share market. The share price of Australia's biggest listed company plummeted by $2.99, or 3.39 per cent, to $85.15, after it post a flat $2.2 billion cash profit ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... imports increasing by 1.8%. Last night's US trade data showing an upward revision in the trade deficit to US$51.4 billion in March - the biggest gap since October 2008 -- from the initial estimate of US$42.0 billion could bring that 0.2% first quarter ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 50 points at 5,754. US stocks tumbled overnight on worries about higher oil prices and tensions ...

Fulcrum launches multi-asset inflation plus fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
London-based Fulcrum Asset Management has launched a global multi-asset fund for local investors. The Fulcrum Diversified Absolute Return Fund is based on the existing Fulcrum Diversified Absolute Return strategy, which was launched in the UK in 2008. ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
With numbers like these, who needs a rate cut? Indications of an improving labour market and strong - very strong - housing approvals are the latest domestic economic stats the men and women of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0700 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 29 points at 5,835. US stocks gained some ground following the first rise in US factory ...

Henderson launches dividend-seeker fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Henderson Global Investors has launched in Australia its Global Equity Income Fund, which seeks to invest in dividend paying stocks. The fund is managed by Henderson's global equity income team, led by head of global equity income Alex Crooke, and it ...

AB appoints institutional MD

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
AllianceBernstein (AB) has appointed a managing director for the institutional side of the business, the Australia Client Group. Jeremy Browne will report to AB chief executive in Australia and New Zealand Jen Driscoll, the company confirmed. Browne ...