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XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has launched 17 exchange traded bond units (XTBs) that will provide investors with exposure to returns from individual corporate bonds issued by the top 50 ASX listed companies. The investment opportunity ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
"As this prudent economy, which some people call Saving, is in private families the most certain method to increase an estate, so some imagine that, whether a country be barren or fruitful, the same method if generally pursued (which they think practicable) ...

Australia outstrips US and UK in online trading

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Australia's adoption of online share trading platforms is outstripping the US and UK, according to a recent Investment Trends report. More than 530,000 Australians placed at least one share trade in the 12 months to June 2013, equating to 3.2% of the ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
Another day, another flip-flop on the cliff on Wall Street - and so it shall be until we actually witness the shaking of the hands between the Dems and the Reps closer to the end of this year or... (hopefully not) through to early 2013. I'm about as ...

IOOF "resilient" results boosts FUA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
IOOF Holdings has recorded $46.1 million statutory profit for the six months to Dec 31, a period when its adviser base expanded by 270 and added $6.8 billion to its funds under advice, in results the group called resilient. For the six months to Dec  ...

CBA profits up 19%, wealth mgmt struggles

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The CBA has recorded a statutory net profit after tax for the half year ended Dec 31 2011 of $3.624 billion, a 19% increase on the previous corresponding period, in a strong result unaided by its wealth management arm which recorded a loss. The Commonwealth ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
Driven by high at-call interest rates and the post-GFC austerity wave, consumers are flocking to retail deposit accounts with $62 billion deposited in the December quarter alone. The surge pushed bank deposit holdings to $1.5 trillion, 15 per cent more ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
The Dow's hold on that elusive 10K-point mark remains elusive. Perhaps it is the consensus' way of affirming that, indeed, the market has run ahead of itself. Wall Street slid further overnight with the Dow slipping further below the 10K mark despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher, after healthy gains in securities on Wall Street, and oil, silver and copper rose in overnight trading. At 0808 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 46 points higher ...

Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The world's major central banks have launched a joint effort to address the on-going liquidity crisis and stabilise financial markets. This failed in December 2007 when the economic and financial backdrop were much better, will it succeed this time? ...