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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... future, with CEO Nev Power commenting that it will be able to repay full debts due in 2017 and 2018... however with a hefty interest rate they will be praying for a reversal in the spot iron ore price," K'Nell said. Junior miner BC Iron was also stronger ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... years of uninterrupted growth. But from the fixed income perspective the party is close to over. There are one or two interest rate cuts to come in Australia. The market's pricing that in and that means there are challenges for the future," Gartside ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... know Can you repeat the question?" - 'Boss of Me' The question - again - is will the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates on the first Tuesday of next month? With barely two weeks to go and armed with the latest inflation update that the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... Mining Club lunch. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed lower as investors reduce their expectations of a May interest rate cut. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 34.8 points, or 0.59 per cent, lower at 5,837.5. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... share market is weaker as investors seem to interpret Australia's latest inflation data as reducing the chances of a May interest rate cut. Underlying inflation, which strips out the effects of volatile price movements, indicated an annual rate of 2.35% ...

Appetite for managed funds growing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... managed fund investment, including 7% who intend to make a managed fund investment in the next 12 months. The growing interest is partly driven by a growing desire for greater diversification in domestic and international markets. Investment Trends analyst ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... normalising monetary policy for more than a year now had the BOE stuck to its stated guidance to start "normalising" interest rates when the unemployment rate reaches the 7.0% threshold. That threshold was breached way back in January 2014 when the UK's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... higher after the release of the Reserve Bank's (RBA) minutes from its recent meeting signalled it was undecided about an interest rate cut. Quay Equities head of trading Tristan K'Nell said the RBA's minutes suggested a rate cut in May was a 50-50 chance ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... and global equities markets have recently enjoyed a period of strong investment performance, investors are expressing interest in exposures which help manage investment risk in the event of a downturn," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... are not enough in a market where the memory of the global financial crisis debacle is still fresh. "There is a lot of interest in the alternatives space, particularly from institutional investors that need to find returns uncorrelated to other asset ...