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Share market's rally comes to an end

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Markets chief markets strategist Chris Weston said investor confidence was returning to global markets. "Some of the big macro concerns are abating which is helping the market," said Chris Weston IG Markets chief markets strategist. But investors appear ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... strategic thinkers on alternative assets and has published research on a range of issues, including currency management, global macro investing, direct investing by asset owners, hedge funds and investment manager fees."

Climate change to impact financial systems

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... liabilities arising from the effects of climate change" and "Australian sovereign debt, if affected by factors including macro outlook changes due to our carbon-intensive economy." This is already reflected, the research continues, by the "slumping value ...

Standard Life adds to multi asset team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... strategies for Standard Life's range of multi asset funds. Fowler will report directly to executive director of multi asset and macro investment Guy Stern. "Gerry is a highly skilled strategic analyst with a wealth of experience in equities and equity ...

Australian market opens higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... crisis is not yet resolved but hope remains of a resolution with talks with Eurozone finance ministers ongoing. "The broad macro theme for the market is still Greece but we may have reached a settling point where the market is going to wait it out," ...

Australian shares up on first day of fin year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... crisis is not yet resolved but hope remains of a resolution with talks with Eurozone finance ministers ongoing. "The broad macro theme for the market is still Greece but we may have reached a settling point where the market is going to wait it out," ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Animal spirits are playing a significant role in expenditure decisions by Australian firms even though rates of return and other influences may offer a more unbiased company position. This is one the key findings among research from the Reserve Bank ...

Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... for asset prices and the quick household response." Joining QIC, which recently made similar comments, PIMCO said that "macro-prudential measures should be strengthened to address financial stability risk and give the Reserve Bank of Australia maximum ...

Franking credits matter, academics say

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Dismantling franking credits could have detrimental effects for shareholders and for the Australian economy, academics for the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) argued in a research paper. "There is ample evidence that Australian ...

ISA appoints "fiscal hawk" chief economist

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has appointed a new chief economist. Stephen Anthony joins the association from Macroeconomics, where he was director of budget and forecasting. He is also a former Treasury economist and participated in the development ...