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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. The Dow and S&P 500 advanced to fresh records on Friday amid a lift in oil prices and the French government having favoured General Electric's proposal to take over Alstom's ...

$US5b irregularities at China fund, banks

AFP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
Irregularities amounting to more than $US5 billion ($A5.41 billion) have been found at China's sovereign wealth fund and two large state-owned banks, according to the state auditor, offering a glimpse into the opaque management of government-controlled ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... clicking over what she said last night. Aunt Janet learns fast! Two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings after her 19 March (and first as head of the Fed) boo-boo, she learned. Remember that time? The time when she spooked financial markets ...

Double digit growth for large fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
The largest retail and wholesale fund providers have tightened their grip on the Australian market, reporting double digit growth over the 12 months to end of March 2014. The latest figures from Plan For Life show that overall retail managed funds ended ...

Perennial chief executive steps down

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The chief executive of IOOF-owned fund manager Perennial Investment Partners has stood down after more than a decade with the firm. Lewis Bearman joined Perennial in 2003 and replaced Anthony Patterson as chief executive in May 2012. He is reportedly ...

Mandates and pricing boost MetLife, TAL group inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Superannuation fund insurance mandates and pricing increases placed MetLife and TAL well above-average in annual group risk inflows. MetLife recorded a 105.9% increase in overall group risk premium inflows during the year ended March 2014, according ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
"Plus ASa change, plus c'est la mAame chose!" Pardon my french, Virginia. But nah, I'm not swearing... it's an honest to goodness French phrase that translates to "the more things change, the more they stay the same." This came to my balding head as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
The Australian share market is set for further falls after another negative session on Wall Street, caused by escalating violence in Iraq that pushed US oil prices to nine month highs. At 0700 AEST on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...

AMP targets Asian investors with new UCITS funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
AMP Capital has made UCITS versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund available to institutional investors in Asia. AMP launched its new Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform in April 2014 with US$156 million ...

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
"...somewhere in my youth, or childhood, I must have done something good." In his alone times, it wouldn't be surprising to catch imported Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at ...