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Findex appoints head of investment research

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Financial services and accounting group Findex has appointed a head of investment research with experience across Australia, North America and Europe. Dr Stefano Cavaglia joins Findex from Philo Capital, where he worked as a portfolio manager. Prior ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
DeVere Group, one of the largest financial advice organisations in the world, has launched its second Australian office and named its management team. Following its Melbourne launch in November 2014, deVere has now opened a Sydney office with Richard ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... fastest rate since August last year -- up from 1.9% in the previous month. The latest jobs report was so solid, so strong, soA damn good that yields on 10-year US Treasuries jumped 13 basis points to 2.0% (rounded) on the day after dropping to a 19-month ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to a new record low and oil prices rebounded. At 0837 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 97 points at 5,740. Consumers are waiting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains in oil prices and US and European sharemarkets. The March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,307. On Friday, Wall Street stocks gained one per cent as oil prices rebounded ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
"Francogeddon", "currency tsunami", "shocker", "jaw-dropping". These are some of the words used to describe the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) decision to surrender and abandon the currency peg - erected back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
I thought that in my lifetime I would never see someone out there in this galaxy wishin' and hopin' and prayin' higher oil prices to be. (Apart from those extracting, producing, investing in and lending to oil companies and nations, that is). And oh ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... additional measures to FoFA in exchange for the party's support in Parliament. The changes included that the Statement of Advice (SoA) specifies that the adviser is acting in the best interest of the client, outlines the fees and commissions that the ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
Yo momma! We're there now. The US Bureau of Labor Statictics' (BLS) latest update on America's employment situation - the momma of all eco stats - indicates that the economy is no longer mending, but that... it has mended. I refer not only to the much ...