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October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... overvaluation, there's deteriorating market technicals. There's the sharply ascending US dollar. The US dollar index (against major currencies) has risen by 6.7% from its 2014 low (1 July). Surely Shirley, this would, in time, show up in Uncle Sam's ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
A group of Australia's biggest institutional investors has written an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling on him to maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The call came from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Washington H Soul Pattinson are expected to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower as the major bank stocks fell after the central bank warned it may take action against risky lending. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... index dropped as much as 0.9 per cent in early trade, but had improved to be down about 0.3 per cent at noon. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank was down 12 cents at $75.14, ANZ was nine cents lower at $30.90, Westpac had dropped eight cents to ...

PIMCO moves to calm investors in wake of 'bond king' exit

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
PIMCO is calling for calm amid the uncertainty which has followed the surprise departure of star manager Bill Gross, reassuring local investors that returns will not suffer. "We manage nearly $2 trillion globally in client assets and we are confident ...

Global re-regulation takes shine off investment banks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... these changes are fundamentally transforming investment banking businesses. For example, a 2013 Accenture report noted that "Major players in the industry are having to restructure their cash equity business, or abolish it entirely". Another report ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... what's developing to be Wall Street's 2014 anthem - Chumbawamba's "I get knocked down"... but I get up again. Wall Street's major equity market recovered most of Thursday's losses Friday. Was it because iPhone 6 Plus aren't going bendy bendy anymore ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... shares. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,313. Locally, no major economic news is expected on Monday. In equities news, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce is slated to launch the carrier's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... was down 70 cents at $34.09, Rio Tinto had lost $1.34 to $60.15, and Fortescue had dropped seven cents to $3.54. Among the major banks, the Commonwealth bank had lost 80 cents to $75.85, ANZ was 26 cents lower at $31.06, Westpac had fallen 41 cents to ...

Legg Mason receives first mFund inflow

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... currently 61 funds listed on mFund, provided by 19 fund managers, and seven brokers. The service launched in May. As yet the major bank-owned brokers, which account for 76% of the online broking market, are yet to sign up to mFund.