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Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
The share market has opened weaker as another disappointing German business confidence reading reignited European growth concerns. The Ifo index of German business confidence fell for the sixth month in a row to a near two-year low in October, which ...

Family trusts overlooked amid SMSF boom

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Financial advisers are overlooking a huge range of benefits that family trusts have over self-managed super funds for their high net worth clients, according to HLB Mann Judd Sydney head of wealth management Michael Hutton. Hutton said that despite ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
The suspense is chillingly killing... you could almost taste it by just looking at Wall Street's performance last night. It was decidedly undecided. Two ups and two downs. The Dow and the Nasdaq both finished 0.1% on the up while the S&P 500 and the ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
Institutions are turning increasingly to alternative assets in a bid to boost returns but many are too slow in changing their asset allocation, according to the latest AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. Almost half (46%) of the global survey ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
"And now, the end is near; And so I face the final curtain." - My Way That, Virginia, is QE doing its rendition of Frankie ol' blue eyes Sinatra's ol' time classic. Barring a very nasty - just nasty won't cut it - surprise, the Fed will be announcing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street after strong earnings reports. At 0815 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,422. Locally, in economic news on Monday ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The share market is higher at noon as investors continue to buy shares with high returns, particularly the big banks. CMC Markets analyst Michael McCarthy said some investors were buying because they believe weak global growth prospects mean stimulus ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
What a difference a week makes. Yes, yes, yo Virginia, in just seven winks, financial market sentiment went from "shiver me timbers, the sky is falling" to hapeee. Don't believe me? Here's Bloomberg's take last 15 October in its report headed, "World ...

Group insurance consortiums 'inevitable': MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Group insurers must form consortiums if they want to continue to provide group cover to the growing 'mega-funds', according to MetLife head of distribution Michael Goodall. Speaking at an even hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower after a pullback on Wall Street. Mixed earnings reports triggered a broad market retreat in the US overnight, breaking a three-session winning streak. Analysts said the pullback was not surprising given that ...