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Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
"You say stop and I say go go go, oh no You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello" -- The Beatles Just as the Fed concluded QE3, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) served up the biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE. The trick. Not even ...

Wealth division boosts ANZ profit

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... 20% and 21% respectively. "We made progress in all our key markets by creating a better bank for all our customers whether big, small, retail or corporate," ANZ chief executive Mike Smith said. "There were market share gains in key segments in Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... Newcrest Mining and Hills have annual general meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed higher as the big banks resumed their strong run, despite a fall in profit for National Australia Bank. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... Australia Bank announced its financial report. "I think basically we are seeing ongoing support for the yield stocks. The big four banks are up," Spooner said. "The market seems to be pretty comfortable about NAB's result, which has supported the atmospherics." ...

UK advice giant deVere enters Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
One of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations, deVere Group, is set to launch in Australia targeting British expats. The UK-based firm has more than 70 offices globally, services more than 80,000 and has more than US$10 billion ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
QE is dead! Long live QE! Well that went well, didn't it Virginia? The death of QE3 caused little stir in the financial markets - the S&P 500 index lost a teenie-weenie 0.1%; yields on 10-year US Treasuries increased by a small 0.02 percentage point ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... scheduled. Toll Group has an investor day. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed flat as investors cautiously awaited the big banks to deliver their full-year results. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.9 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 5,447.7 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... were already losses flowing through the resource space. So, perhaps that's why they're not doing as badly today." Among the big miners, BHP Billiton rose 43 cents to $33.75, Rio Tinto gained 64 cents to $59.67 and Fortescue Metals was five cents higher ...

SMSFs up weighting to international shares

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have upped their international equity exposures as low interest rates continue to weigh on cash returns, according to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. In the June quarter 2014, cash holdings ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
It's a wrap! QE is. Looking at Wall Street's performance overnight - the Dow and the S&P 500 up more than 1.0%, the Nasdaq up nearly 2.0% (rounded) and the Russell 2000 up nearly 3.0% (rounded) - the men and women at the Fed must be patting each other's ...