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Platinum backs US internet stocks and Asian infrastructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Star manager Kerr Neilson's listed investment company Platinum Capital is backing out-of-favour big-name US technology companies as well as infrastructure plays in China and India. In a quarterly update to shareholders the billionaire investor said ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The price of crude continues to dance the limbo (how low can you go?) After a strong start, Wall Street buckled after lunch as the price of WTI dropped to a low of US$44.20 a barrel and Brent touched US$45.19. The S&P 500 index gained as much as 1.4% ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... drag the market lower. "We're seeing all sectors in the red and the oil sector is again the worst performer, which is no surprise," he said. In the energy sector, Santos was down 17 cents to $7.12 in early trade while Woodside Petroleum had dropped 78 ...

Australian ETF Industry achieves $15bn milestone

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2015
... prices and the possibility that disappointing growth in China will negatively impact our exports, the reaction comes as no surprise and investors are therefore seeking opportunities overseas," Skelly added. Hedged international ETFs that manage currency ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
The Australian share market is lower, pulled back by the big miners and oil stocks. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said energy stocks were under real pressure as crude oil prices sank to a fresh five-year low on worries about a ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has rejected the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) recommendation that the government reinstate the prohibition on direct borrowing for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... that has seen the composite index rise about 20 per cent in the past three weeks, helped by the People's Bank of China's surprise interest rate cut. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 19.616 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 5522.682.

ASIC stands up for adviser national exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... get financial advice. And, with recent high-profile cases of advisers mis-selling financial products, this is sadly no surprise." In September, CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants ANZ alerted that a national examination for financial advisers would ...

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... adjustment process is being held up by global forces. That puts the onus back on some more monetary easing. "The big surprise of the next 12 to 18 months could be that the RBA cuts rates again. I don't think many Australian investors have that on their ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... signalling last week the bank's readiness to act quickly to deter deflation, sparking fresh stimulus hopes, and China's surprise rate cut, have continued to boost share prices. The French market was also lifted by the national data institute's business ...