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Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
A recent rise in bond yields across Europe, America and Australia is nothing but a blip on the radar according to Altair Asset Management chief economist, Stephen Roberts. In his latest economic insights column, Roberts said the risk of recession in ...

Bond investors warned not to overlook defence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... the funky derivative structures that are out there," Husain added. "I used to be a derivatives trader so I know there's nothing wrong with them, but I don't think every client wants them in their portfolio." What Husain and his team look for when buying ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... HONG KONG - Shanghai stocks have recovered from a huge plunge to close higher while Tokyo's early gains wilted to almost nothing but the euro ticked up after Greece and its creditors held debt reform talks. The US dollar edged up following a broadly ...

Buy-back boom driven by loose Fed policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... used debt for stock buybacks and dividends, thereby rewarding equity-holders at the expense of bondholders. "There is nothing wrong with stock buybacks and dividends per se, and indeed they can contribute to a very sensible corporate capital allocation ...

J.P.Morgan makes Australian appointment amid global restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... years. When asked for comment on the global redundancies, a J.P.Morgan spokesperson told Financial Standard : "There is nothing further that we can say locally." J.P.Morgan confirmed that it has about 1,200 employees in Australia and New Zealand. Speaking ...

Uncertainty over JPM job cuts in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... aiming to cut 5,000 jobs globally, but it has not confirmed whether the move will impact its Australian division. "There is nothing further that we can say locally," a JPM spokesperson told Financial Standard, when asked to comment on information published ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... petered away very quickly," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. He said there appeared to be nothing in particular to drive the market downwards at the moment except that investors seemed to have a contrary attitude and the ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Move on people, nothing to see here today. Go away and enjoy a long lunch or plant a tree. This applies to equity markets seeking direction from overnight activity on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial index weaved and bobbed through intra-day trade ...

NAB upgrades advice compensation program

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... and Labor Senator Sam Dastyari told NAB chief executive: "Mr Thorburn, you throw around the word 'independent'. There is nothing independent about the process you have established." He also questioned the fact that NAB has not put in place a comprehensive ...

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... on confidence as seen in 2014. He said over time Australia will still see fiscal contraction in the economy and there's nothing in the budget to suggest the Reserve Bank will jack up interest rates anytime soon and there is a risk they might fall again. ...