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Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... days for a total gain of 10% (14.2% year-to-date). The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is finally connecting! As per the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), "Chinese Orders of Hong Kong Shares Hit Limit for First Time" "Net inflows of money from mainland China ...

Go-it-alone investment culture taking hold in Europe

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... financial stake in one, or finally go it alone and try selling their funds directly to the general public themselves." Barbara Wall, Europe research director at Cerulli added: "There's a global trend toward robo-advice that should not go unnoticed. It ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... iron ore and crude oil prices and continued expectation of lower interest rates. The market had put aside a weak lead from Wall Street and investors were focusing on the outlook for Australian interest rates and an overnight bounce in the iron ore price ...

Q1 earnings expectations get rub down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
First quarter numbers on Wall Street are out, but they're not something to write home about. Eat our dust. The Dow ended 0.3% down and the S&P 500 index up by 0.4% in the first three months of 2015 - a significant underperformance compared with the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
Australian stocks have extended their losses on heavy drops in commodity prices and overnight falls on Wall Street. Crude prices eased and iron ore fell to its lowest price since tracking began in 2008. The market opened with only modest losses, but ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... strongest gains. Comments from People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan suggesting further monetary policy easing boosted Wall Street, which saw the local market firm by more than one per cent, City Index senior market analyst Kara Ordway said. ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... by building roads, rails and ports expected to generate trade amounting to around US$2.5 trillion. Though according to the Wall Street Journal, "It isn't all about roads, rails and ports. The plan calls for the construction of oil and natural-gas pipelines. ...

Former Wallaby Kearns resurfaces at insurance broker

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Former Wallabies captain Phil Kearns has been appointed managing director of corporate insurance broker InterRISK Australia, nine months after stepping down as chief executive of Centric Wealth. Kearns has over 10 years' experience leading financial ...

MTAA and Prime Super buy stake in European trains

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
Whitehelm Capital has invested $110 million in European train leasing company Alpha Trains Holdings on behalf of MTAA Super, Prime Super and a third institutional investor. The infrastructure manager led the majority investment into the junior debt ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a fluctuating night on Wall Street where a rebound in tech stocks offset a transport industry, including airlines, slump. At 0800 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was unchanged ...