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Macquarie profit beats forecast

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... bank's capital markets facing businesses - Macquarie Securities Group, Macquarie Capital and Commodities and Financial Markets - also improved with combined net profit contribution up significantly on 1H15, and up 24% on 2H14. Macquarie's capital markets ...

Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... "This type of crime poses a genuine threat to national security and to the integrity of Australia's economy, financial markets, regulatory frameworks and tax revenue collection," Hockey said. Hockey confirmed that, to date, 76 people have been charged ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... a year in April. Shanghai added 0.87 per cent to 4,480.46. Tokyo was closed for a public holiday, along with financial markets in Thailand and Malaysia. As well as the news on China's economic front, Asian bourses took their lead from a rally on US markets ...

Australian advisers court Chinese investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... opportunities and regulatory barriers. Similarly, the advisers will receive instruction on the Chinese economy, financial markets and regulations so as to better facilitate Australian direct investment in Chinese equities and funds. "This is a significant ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... later, above US$0.78 the next and up to above US$0.80 just last week. The RBA may have no choice but to give the financial markets what the financial markets wants, lest the A$'s April performance repeats. The RBA doesn't want that.

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... depending on how sharp or sinister - the Fed itself would be spooked into engaging lift-off. The Fed's watching the financial markets watch the Fed.

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... April consumer confidence - make this highly unlikely. Maybe September? October? November? December? One thing financial markets are sure of - lift-off would come sometime this year with a gentle nudge up and then back to data watching for the next gentle ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... international chief investment officer, Nick Gartside, also weighed in on Aussie bonds. "Australia is unique in financial markets because it's had 25 years of uninterrupted growth. But from the fixed income perspective the party is close to over. There ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... of the RBA's inflation target band - give or take. So maybe, maybe not or... I don't know. The same odds that financial markets have given a May rate cut after they saw the latest inflation numbers -- a 50/50 chance... a flip of a coin. Seems the majority ...

Investors misunderstand smart beta: AXA IM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... rules. These, Hurt says, are vulnerable to being picked off by savvy traders. "The best way to make money in financial markets is to arbitrage an investor that is always going to follow the same rules," Hurt said. "Re-worked indices solve a problem for ...