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Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... insights by Principal Global Investors' chief global economist Bob Baur, Financial Services Council chief economist James Bond, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake and State Street Global Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn. ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... of monetary policy between the Fed - expected to raise interest rates sometime this year - and quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) leaves markets no other option but to catch a ride with greenback. Financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... to $7.66, Woodside had lost 14 cents to $34.26 and Oil Search was 23 cents weaker at $7.70. Among the banks, Commonwealth Bank was up 95 cents at $87.18, Westpac had gained 16 cents to $34.48, National Australia Bank was 20 cents firmer at $34.97 and ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... reasons to feel optimistic. With the domestic housing boom reaching its peak, construction is set to see "a record year," Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist Saul Eslake told Financial Standard. Perpetual head of investment market research ...

Global investment bank sets up shop in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
International investment bank Houlihan Lokey has opened its first Sydney office and appointed a local management team, shortly after receiving a number of mandates from local organisations. "Following the success of recent Australian mandates in our ...

ANZ to launch $750m hybrid capital offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
ANZ is looking to raise $750 million through its latest hybrid issue, announced today. The bank will launch an ANZ Capital Notes 3 offer from February 5, 2015, as part of the group's capital management strategy. The offer is open to Australian investors ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... pricing) from 25% just over a week ago. What changed? What changed was that between then and last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) QE'd and the Bank of Canada (BOC) announced a surprise rate cut. Ipso facto, the RBA could (must?) too. Why must our ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... 5,459. In local economic news on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey and the National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for December are due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market was closed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The share market is more than one per cent higher after the European Central Bank announced measures to boost the eurozone's ailing economy. The ECB will buy 60 billion euros ($A85 billion) worth of private and public sector bonds per month between ...

Spike in SMSF borrowing breaches

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... fund to borrow to overcome a short term liquidity problem - much like a small business seeking a temporary extension to a bank overdraft in difficult circumstances." Now into its seventh year, the Partners Wealth Group annual research is based on over ...