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Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
"Do you know where you're going to... Where are you going to Do you know?" - Diana Ross, 'Theme from Mahogany" Last week was another good week for equity markets with most major benchmark indices finishing with green lights blinking brightly. Has the ...

Calls to mandate funds to offer social impact option

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... it could happen. At least 50,000 new places in affordable housing could be created in one year. "The key - as shown in France - is to give employees an option to put some of their super funds into social benefit. Given this option, many employees are ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Greece's former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... a plane." To capitalise on that trend BlackRock is looking at European air traffic manufacturers, particularly one in France "that has roughly nine years' worth of back orders on their books." Estes said the fund was also overweight in healthcare, favours ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0655 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,574. US stocks were up 0.6 per cent, ending a two-day ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Australia has come dead last in a study of portfolio disclosure standards across 29 countries. The Morningstar Global Fund Investor Experience Report assesses managed fund investor experiences in 25 countries (expanded to 29 for the published article) ...

Saxo launches trading platform for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Saxo Capital Markets has launched an online multi asset trading platform in Australia targeting self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors. The SaxoTraderGO platform is designed for casual traders who become increasingly professional ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following gains in commodity prices overnight. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,641. In overnight trade, iron ore prices were up 1.9 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open lower, following a flat lead from Wall Street. At 0653 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,682. Locally on Thursday, Westfield Corporation holds its annual ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0720 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,938. US stocks finished a touch lower after a mixed round of company ...