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QIC asks government to step up, break toxic cycle

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... But with Australian consumers more indebted than they were prior to the global financial crisis, there is a risk that they stop spending and confidence falls. "Then, you're caught up in very bad spiral where consumers don't spend, so businesses stop ...

ASX lower for fourth day

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... initially starting in positive territory. CommSec market analyst Tom Piotrowski said traders were looking for a reason to stop the selling after several days of weakness.A "I think the market at the moment is struggling to find catalysts, not so much ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... that were quickly refuted by Greece's creditors put the Greek crisis high in investors' minds. "Traders are sick of the non-stop back and forth, and whenever Greece is in crisis talks there is always a series of comments from different parties involved ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... surprises, debt forgiveness. But Grexit would not be bad too. It allows Greece to reset and the rest of its euro brethrens to stop throwing good money after bad. At the same time, it'll stop this seemingly endless anxiety over contagion whenever time ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... companies, including Texas Instruments and Micron Technology. Dow member McDonald's rose 0.2 per cent as it announced it would stop reporting its sales on a monthly basis and would instead only report them quarterly. The restaurant chain said the move ...

Advice firm ditches platform, adopts MDA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
A Synchron financial planning practice has stopped using wrap platforms and has partnered with a managed discretionary account provider for its investment transactions. MEDIQ Financial Services will transition the majority of its clients to the managedaccounts.com.au ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... higher (assuming that it's already priced in), but expectations that the Fed will do a "Pringles" - one it pops, it can't stop - would certainly send it up. More so, with the ECB and BOJ still QE-ing and the BOE promising only a few days ago not to lift ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The quantitative easing (QE) programs undertaken by the United States, Europe and Japan are essentially different from each other and investors should expect different economic impacts for each one of them. AXA Framlington head of Asia Mark Tinker said ...

Liquidnet to launch first fixed income dark pool

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... thing that has recently changed in the fixed income market. Banks now can no longer hold the almighty position of being a one-stop-shop for bonds," Baldwin said, and added that there is room for more efficiency in that space as bond trading remains a ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Happy Mother's Day! Mothers everywhere must still be bathing in the afterglow of the public (and private) displays of affection showered upon them over the one day of the year especially dedicated to mommies. Mama Mia! The sharp rebound in financial ...