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Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall Street rose following strong gains in Asian and European equity markets. At 0808 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,387. In local economic ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... losses on the same day, punctuated by the 5.8% slump in the Hang Seng Index, the 3.1% drop in the Nikkei and the 2% fall in the ASX 200 index. The "fear" of contagion springs from the extrapolation that should China's stock market "mayhem" persist the ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street slumped on worries about China and Greece in a session that was overshadowed by a lengthy outage at the New York Stock Exchange due to technical problems. At 0800 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Advice demand up as direct investment grows

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
A growing number of direct investors will drive an increase in demand for financial advice, the latest ASX Share Ownership Study revealed. The study showed that Australians continue to be among the world's largest share owners, with 36% or 6.48 million ...

New lifecycle and infrastructure options at Hostplus

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... without the cost, risk and administrative burden. Choiceplus members are able to invest directly into companies in the S&P/ASX 300 Index, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) covering developed, emerging and commodity markets and term deposits.

SMSFs to access Berkshire Hathaway from Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... Investments has offered a number of other structured products offering exposure to a range of diverse investment themes, such as the ASX 200, technology shares, equities markets in China and India, US real estate and many others. Applications for the ...

Clydesdale sell-off still NAB priority

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
NAB's sale of Clydesdale Bank remains a priority during the calendar year. In a statement to the ASX, NAB said that the 70-80% Clydesdale demerger to shareholders (and IPO of the remainder) will "enable a greater focus on building a stronger Australian ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... Howie explains that the most popular funds have been those chasing high dividend paying Australian equities. The iShares S&P/ASX Dividend Opportunities ETF is an early example of a smart beta strategy that investors are familiar with. The fund provides ...

WaveStone to manage long-only mandate for Mercer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Boutique equities manager WaveStone Capital won its first long-only Australian equities mandate with Mercer. The mandate is effective as of this month and it represents a milestone for WaveStone, which is part of Fidante Partners, the boutique funds ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower with European markets slipping ahead of Greece's referendum on its bailout and future in the eurozone. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,480. ...