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Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases August retail trade figures, while the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for September is also due out. Meanwhile, the two-day Resources Rising Stars mining investment ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... 6.42 per cent in the last month. The release of weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data on Tuesday and the performance of Hong Kong's influential share market, where large street protests have rattled investors, could also affect Australian stocks ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... desire to diversify their bond portfolios away from traditional fixed income assets, in order to counter the risk to performance presented by a rising interest rate environment over the medium term," BlackRock Australia's head of fixed interest Stephen ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... week, "If the dollar were to strengthen a lot, it would have consequences for growth... We would have poorer trade performance, less exports, more imports. And if the dollar were to appreciate a lot, it would tend to dampen inflation. So it would make ...

'Bond King' Bill Gross leaves Pimco

AAP  |  SATURDAY, 27 SEP 2014
... title "Bond King" and attracting hundreds of billions of dollars into Pacific Investment Management Co. But lately his performance has lagged that of many rivals and his management style has raised eyebrows. Gross will oversee a recently launched fund ...

Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... concern over financial advice legislation. In July 2013, he also tabled the request to start a Senate inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), following a number of media reports that revealed cases ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... ore price, Bell Direct equities analyst Leanne Jones said. "The market is under pressure yet again after a stellar performance yesterday," she said. "Contributing factors are weaker leads from overseas markets off the back of disappointing manufacturing ...

UBS launches microcap fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... return of 26.97% versus the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index 4.93% since its inception 18 months ago. The performance was mainly driven by stocks that were trading at substantially lower levels 18 months ago (mostly lower than $250 million) ...

Arnhem IM appoints senior BDM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... associate with Colonial First State. "Our investment team remains committed to our investment process and focus on performance delivery," Arnhem executive chairman George Clapham said. Arnhem Investment Management is a boutique Sydney-based Australian ...