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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The big miners and banks are dragging the share market lower as investors take profits from recent gains and exercise caution due to concerns about Greece's debts. A fall in BHP Billiton's share price, despite an overnight rise in base metal prices ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... wonderful set of numbers. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that some 37,700 Australians found employment in March - more than double the expected 15,000 addition and follows the 41,900 blokes and shielas that gained employment in February. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0720 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,938. US stocks finished a touch lower after a mixed round of company ...

Standard Life absolute return bond fund added to platform

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
The Standard Life Investments Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies (ARGBS) has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. ARGBS is the second multi-asset fund from Standard Life Investments available to wholesale investors, following strong demand ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Sufferin' succotash! Now we're really in trouble. Australians all, let's not rejoice for the bad news is piling up on us... one after the other. There's slowing China - GDP decelerated to 7.0% in the first quarter from 7.4% in 2014 - and is pushing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a rally in petroleum-linked equities helped lift US stocks following mixed earnings and economic data. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 38 points at 5,937. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower, weighed down by weakness in the big banks. HC Securities senior client adviser Mark Lennox said the banks were lower because investors had already factored in the probability of another interest rate cut ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
They talk the talk but aren't walking the talk. This is what I walk out with after poring through the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) sentiment and asset allocation surveys conducted in the last week of March. In its 2 April report ...

Admin issues delay AMP NZ equities mandate

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
AMP Capital's $670 million mandate to New Zealand boutique fund manager Salt Funds Management has been delayed because of administration issues. The mandate was announced on March 25 and was due to start on April 1, but AMP confirmed that the start ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... March from $60.6 bil in February and expectations for a US$40 bil print. With imports dropping another 12.7% in the year to March (after slumping 20.1% in Feb), it's unfathomably unbelievable for the surplus to drop that much. But collapsed it did because... ...