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Appetite for managed funds growing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Appetite for managed funds is showing signs of increasing with almost half of investors saying they are considering them, according to Investment Trends. The researcher's '2014 Investor Product Needs Report' reveals that 46% of investors are open to ...

Sacked Macquarie advisers still in the industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Some of the 11 Macquarie Private Wealth (MPW) advisers who were made redundant because they gave improper advice are currently employed in other financial planning firms, Macquarie chief executive Nicholas Moore said. Speaking at a Senate Economics ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is posting gains on the back of positive offshore leads, China's new stimulus package and rises in some commodities prices. However it gave up some of the morning's gains, going from 0.9 per cent to 0.6 per cent higher after ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Investors' search for yield in the current low rate, low-return perfect storm has boosted hedge fund inflows. Funds under management for the sector were up 21.7% for the two years to December 2014, according to Rainmaker Data. But a great idea, an obscure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US stocks rose sharply on the latest Chinese stimulus measures and some prominent earnings that bested forecasts. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 37 points ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Impressive! Nah Virginia, I refer not to the big bouncy bouncy Wall Street and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Following on from its controversial "Super Sting" report in 2014, Grattan Institute has released a new report that continues to argue Australia's superannuation industry has excessive costs. The report, titled " Super Savings ", reiterates Grattan's ...

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
It's bad, it's bad, it's bad you know it. They say bad news come in threes - we've got all three at the end of last week. Greece running out of money and reform deal still looks unlikely heading into its meeting with 'the institutions' four days and ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
"Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday..." -Bonnie M. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray for the fantabulous Australian jobs report for March. It's a holi-holiday for the RBA in May. Well... maybe. 'twas a wonderful set of numbers. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0720 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,938. US stocks finished a touch lower after a mixed round of company ...