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Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,652. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly board meeting minutes are expected while the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is also ...

Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... managing our capital over the coming year" in expectation of APRA's changes. ANZ commented that the changes will require the bank to "allocate approximately $2.3 billion of additional capital," but that this was "largely as expected following the Financial ...

Passive strategies benefit active managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... the rest to managers who can deliver "true alpha." As an example, Zverev said that SLI's strategy is invested in Italian bank Banca Popolare di Milano, "not because we think that Europe will be ok, but because we see that there's a change in Italy's ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... i.e., it depends on whether or not the Fed lifts and when it lifts. Will it? Can it? Not if you ask the Federal Reserve of Bank of New York. It published a research piece last week titled, "The Effect of the Strong Dollar on U.S. Growth" You can read ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... to $US1.0855 from $US1.0875 late on Thursday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after the European Central Bank boosted emergency aid to Greece and eurozone chiefs agreed a bridging loan to the country, while Hong Kong and Shanghai rallied ...

AZ NGA acquires $180m CBA advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Advisory has acquired a 51% stake in Lifestyle Financial Planning Services (LFPS), which was licensed through Commonwealth Bank (CBA) dealer group Financial Wisdom. LFPS was established in 2004, services over 2,000 clients and has $180 million in assets ...

Allocated pensions reach $1.4bn at Vision Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... said research showed "a lot of people take a lump sum because the other options are too confusing, but then they put it in a bank account or a term deposit, and are not making the most of their money." "An allocated pension has tax advantages over a ...

Share market's rally comes to an end

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... a new bailout for debt-laden Greece and the passage of new austerity measures through its parliament. The European Cental Bank has now boosted its cash lifeline to the crisis-hit country, while in the US stronger than expected earnings reports from tech ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
The Fed lady sang for two consecutive days but "not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse". The S&P 500 index fell all of 0.07% when Janet testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the 15th, but more likely than not this was due ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... have ratcheted up their cash positions to levels not seen since before the financial crisis, the latest global survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows. The July numbers show that cash levels have soared to an average of 5.5%, up from 4.9% in ...