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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US stocks barrelled to fresh records following China's surprise interest-rate cut. At 0751 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 52 points at 5,360. The People's Bank ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... shareholders, one of the world's wealthiest and most widely-followed active managers, Warren Buffett, has emerged as a surprise proponent of passive investing. He explained that despite racking up a near 20% annualised return over the course of his career ...

One swallow says it's springtime for Germany

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... overnight as did Spain's IBEX-35; the CAC-40 went up by 0.9% and Italy's MIB index closed 0.7% higher. Germany's DAX index - surprise, surprise - beat them all, finishing 1.6% on the up and up overnight. Not only were markets heartened by its slim escape ...

Non-aligned licensee inquiries to rise in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Independence, the flexibility to build an approved product list and cheaper, more advanced technology and platforms are encouraging more advisers to leave large licensees and strike out on their own. The big four banks and AMP have collectively seen ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... week on profit-taking. The index has soared more than 10 per cent since last Wednesday, helped by the Bank of Japan's surprise announcement that it will widen its monetary base. The Nikkei added 87.90 points to finish at 16,880.38. Seoul added 0.18 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Asian markets mostly fell, but Tokyo reversed early selling to add to the 10 per cent rally since the Bank of Japan's surprise monetary easing announcement last week. Tokyo added 0.44 per cent, or 74.85 points, to 16,937.32. However, Seoul slipped 0.19 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... were mixed following a soft lead from Wall Street, while Tokyo tacked on another huge set of gains after last week's surprise monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Tokyo, which surged more than four per cent at the open, ended 2.73 per cent higher, adding ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street gained more than one per cent following the Bank of Japan's surprise stimulus announcement ignited a rally on global stock exchanges. At 0818 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... that the likelihood of inflation running persistently below 2 percent has diminished somewhat since early this year." Surprise of surprises! As if the Fed would maintain the "significant underutilization of labour resources" it printed last month and ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... 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 the end of QE in three days time. Wall Street's surged last week says it will be so. The VIX ...