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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... was causing some anxiety for traders. Mr Weston said the Australian market could edge lower on Monday, depending on developments in China and Japan. "We've got quite a few Asian influences hitting us today," he said. Among the local miners, Rio Tinto ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... index (CPI) figures for the June quarter and Chinese manufacturing data. "I think the market is just awaiting those developments," he said. The content of those releases was likely to drive the market's direction on Wednesday, he said. The Reserve Bank ...

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... smoothly. Pardon me for saying (especially those planning their overseas trips) but...the casualty of all these good developments is the Australian dollar. It has started appreciating again. So much for those predicted dive to US$0.80-0.85 'ey? The Reserve ...

Hedge funds can reduce risk, despite reputation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... funds are best understood as a different approach to investing in traditional assets. Recent innovations and product developments also mean that they are no longer the preserve of the super wealthy or very large investor. Despite their reputation as ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... only if the US economy improved. "I emphasise that, because our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments. They are by no means on a preset course," Mr Bernanke told a House of Representatives committee on Thursday (Australian time). ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... last night...only more elaborate. "I emphasize that, because our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments, they are by no means on a preset course. On the one hand, if economic conditions were to improve faster than expected, and ...

Blue Sky invests $20m in Oak Tree retirement villages

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... was founded in 2004 and currently owns and operates six retirement villages, with nine more in development. These developments include two village extensions and two village acquisitions and conversions. The company plans to add three to five new villages ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Global ETF regulation proposed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... have encouraged product promoters to establish ETFs that are not asset backed or cap-weighted. Responding to these developments, IOSCO is proposing that national securities commissions should introduce disclosure requirements that will enable investors ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... because of the US dollar's general strength rather than Budget musings, if I may add. If the snippets of positive developments in America, Japan and Europe - along with a weaker dollar-A -- continue, perhaps, next year when we look back at today's Budget ...