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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... weak lead from United States markets and concerns about global growth. In early trading, the big miners were mixed and the major banks were lower. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said global forces were pulling back the market. "You just have to look ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Will she, won't she? Will Aunt Janet follow the other central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... weekly consumer confidence survey and the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for December are due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market was closed on Monday for the Australia Day public holiday. On Friday, the ...

AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... industrial commodity prices, including oil must recently, and excess capacity in the global economy in the wake of the GFC as major contributors to deflation. "The danger is that the plunge in inflation driven by the fall in oil prices will drive inflationary ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Hedge funds accounted for over half of the asset growth across alternatives in 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... while Oil Search lost eight cents to $7.41 and Santos dropped two cents to $7.37 following a fall in oil prices. Among the major banks, ANZ had fallen gained 27 cents to $31.78 while Commonwealth Bank had climbed $1.09 to $84.59, Westpac had added 42 ...

AMCIL suffers short-term performance dip

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Healthcare, Energy Developments, Cover-More Group, Asciano, Capitol Health and Ashley Services via an IPO. It also made major additions to existing holdings including CSL and ResMed, given attractiveness of the healthcare sector as a long term investment ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... management. Only between 1% and 2% goes to international equities. If this demand for Australian equities goes elsewhere, "a major support for the dividend trade in Australia will become less important," Credit Suisse said. As a consequence, "the core ...

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... and qualititative focus group responses and analyses more than 300 managed account model portfolios offered through nine major managed account platforms. It shows that while managed accounts, at an estimated $20 billion in funds under administration ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... costs. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum had fallen $1.13 to $33.04, and Santos had lost 14 cents to $7.40. Among the major banks, ANZ had lifted 14 cents at $31.42, Commonwealth Bank had climbed 25 cents at $83.35, Westpac had added 12 cents at ...