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Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Capturing an audience in the superannuation industry remains a challenge and in recent months several funds have rolled out new marketing campaigns to attract the biggest possible market. The question is, which Australians are paying attention? Breakfast ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Foreign investors can access China through an increasing number of channels. A-shares, H-shares and government bonds are the talk of the town in the world's buzziest financial districts. But there are still risks when investing in such a complex and ...

Hyperion eyes global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
Hyperion Asset Management is researching international stocks to improve its understanding of the Australian market and with the long term goal of launching a global equities fund. Hyperion managing director Tim Samway told Financial Standard : "We ...

Stirred but not shaken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... there were no massive sell orders? Or, not enough buy-ops. Equity markets closed down, a bit, - the S&P 500 closed down by an eye-watering 0.4%; the All Ords by 1.2%; and in Europe (the epicentre of the Greek tragi-comedy), the Stoxx 600 "plunged" by ...

Oxi Oxi Oxi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Hellas, Hellas, Hellas! Oxi! Oxi! Oxi! That's the Greek's resounding vote on Sunday's referendum which ask them to vote nai (yes) or oxi (no) to a question that's probably as 'greek' to the Greek themselves - a question that would task the minds of ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower with European markets slipping ahead of Greece's referendum on its bailout and future in the eurozone. At 0810 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,480. ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
D-day 30 June 2015. It came, it went... but just like the "end of the world" prophesied by every other religious sect (almost forever) the sky did not fall on this day as financial markets did 'not' fear. Yes Virginia, did NOT fear. Despite the 'chicken ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Hoo-wow! Houston, we had lift-off. Yes Virginia, financial markets from New York to Rio and old London town lifted off while we slept. Equity markets jumped while bond yields dived. These, because on optimism that a Greco-troika deal would be hammered ...

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
No mA!s! I'm up to my eyeballs with it and it's oozing out of my eyelids. Greece, that is. The Greek tragedy goes on as last Thursday's make or break broke down, necessitating the call for an "emergency summit" later today. But don't hold your breath ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set for a fairly flat open after an up and down night on Wall Street. At 0658 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down four points at 5,581. US stocks moved into positive territory following ...