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Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
Lift-off would be sometime in one of the 'ber' months for sure. It could be in September or in October or in November or in December but you can bet your bottom US dollar, it'll be in the year 2-0-1-5. The lady who's finger is at the trigger told us ...

ANZ enters fast growing ETF market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
ANZ has become the first of Australia's big banks to enter the exchange traded fund (ETF) market with the launch of six funds in partnership with ETF Securities. The joint venture between both organisations has resulted in a new company called ANZ ETFS ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Casino Trust holds its annual general meetings. In Australia, the market on Friday finished flat after weakness among the big four banks offset strong gains among energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.4 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,664.7 ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
The share market has opened higher, continuing the positive momentum from Thursday after positive overseas leads. The big miners and energy stocks led the market higher. "We got the leads from overseas which were okay, but I think more importantly than ...

ASIC bans convicted fraud "mastermind"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
ASIC has banned the Australian "mastermind" of the UK's biggest ever boiler room scheme from practising financial services. From 2003 to 2007, Jeffrey Revell-Reade made A£70 million selling equities in non-existent companies via brokers in Madrid to ...

Risk management top worry for asset owners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Risk management becoming more complex is seen as the biggest challenge among global asset owners over the next 12 months according to recent data published by BNP Paribas Securities Services. A risk survey of 177 asset owners from 19 countries, including ...

Market to open higher after Wall Street record high

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... annual general meeting in Brisbane. Shares rose on Thursday as bargain hunters piled into most of the major banks, and the big miners found support from investors betting on further economic stimulus measures in China. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Bargain hunters push shares higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... analysts' expectations, boosting the prospect of further stimulus measures in the world's second largest economy. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was up 30 cents at $29.12, its spinoff South32 had added six cents to $2.42, Rio Tinto had gained 65 ...

AMP deflects ASIC attack reports

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... established in October 2014, ASIC has been scrutinising the conduct of "large advice entities" such as AMP, Macquarie and the big four banks. In April, it said it had detected "multiple instances of licensees charging clients for financial advice, including ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... "buying the long dated bonds. But institutions are not recycling that cash back into the real economy and that's one of the big issues. Central banks are putting liquidity into a system which will not translate into economic activity unless it's turned ...