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Australia's confidence recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... anyone picking up on these back then. Certainly, the 0.3% quarter-on-quarter growth in real GDP - the headline measure - is a big disappointment, more so because of the negative 0.5 percentage point contribution of private investment to overall GDP growth. ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Pension funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... Billiton was up 87 cents at $30.14, Rio Tinto gained 94 cents to $57.60 and Fortescue Metals was two cents higher at $2.64. The big four banks were down. Commonwealth Bank shed 26 cents to $79.54, National Australia Bank dropped eight cents to $32.07 ...

Contango set to launch small cap LIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
Contango Asset Management is set to launch a new listed investment company designed to generate income from a portfolio of stocks outside of the markets 30 biggest companies. Contango Income Generator Limited uses the same investment strategy that it ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... Hong Kong-based head of regional oil and gas research at Nomura Holdings Inc., wrote in an e-mail Nov. 28. China will be "a big beneficiary" from the OPEC decision, he said." And because Australia's joined at China's hip, Australians all, let us rejoice. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell on poor Black Friday sales and a China manufacturing slowdown. At 0819 AEST on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,227. US sales came in less ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after OPEC chose not to cut oil production levels. At 0822 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,294. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank ...

Healthcare investment options limited despite Medibank IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Medibank initial public offering (IPO) boosted Australia's healthcare investment offering, but it also highlighted shortfalls in the local market. The offer raised $5.679 billion, making it the second largest float on record in Australia after Telstra ...

Sliding oil price would stop the slide in the oil price

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... prices risk turning the current low inflation environment into outright deflation. This wouldn't be swell. But already, the big central bankers - the ECB, the PBOC and the BOJ - are pre-empting (and are likely to act some more) this from taking hold. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian share market has started higher, led by gains from the big four banks and major miners. The market is more than three-quarters of one per cent higher in early trade, more than reversing Tuesday's losses. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael ...